and the man became a living being. (Genesis 2:7) Then God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the ...

Conversely, must the literal nature of the Genesis creation story be discounted in ... the sacred writers did not want to teach man facts that would be of no avail for their salvation." ...

Of the Flood, she writes: “Turbulence is introduced into the Genesis Creation by human beings, and it is utterly meaningful,” and “humankind is a moral actor in this drama, not simply a ...

Genesis 1:31 Creation also highlights God’s transcendence. Christians believe he is above and beyond the universe and human understanding. So God created mankind in his own image, in the image ...