Is the idea of being made in God's image still relevant?

[Laurence_of_PA]

If the Genesis Story of Creation isn’t to be taked literally, then why is the statement “We are made in God’s image” still being taught as true, given the idea arose from the Book of Genesis?

(feel free to correct me if my statement is error-ridden)

 

[teachccd]

If the Genesis Story of Creation isn’t to be taked literally, then why is the statement “We are made in God’s image” still being taught as true, given the idea arose from the Book of Genesis?

(feel free to correct me if my statement is error-ridden)

Because the Genesis story is truth revealed in parabolic language. It says that God created the heavens and the earth. That is to be taken literally. The “how” He did it is to be taken as a story saturated in revealed truth and not scientific data. So we are indeed made in the image of God. In fact all of creation exhibits the mark of the Maker… this is revealed Truth and should be taught as such…God Bless…teachccd

 

[gallo]

Not to mention that if we are not made in God’s image, then what’s the point in morality, the Church, and salvation?

 

[Verbum]

Hi Laurence,

Genesis tells God’s truth within an existing framework of traditional stories. That we are made in God’s image is not a story. It is a plain and simple statement.

Verbum

 

[Todd_Easton]

When the Bible says that man is created in “the image of God,” this does not mean that man bears a physical resemblance to God but that the created human soul is a rational spirit, with intellect and will, like God. Of course, God is an infinite rational spirit; the human soul is only a finite rational spirit, similar to but inferior to an angel.