If we are truly made in Gods image, how comes God has a body

>>1513628

I suspect that "in God's image" was man's narcissism. God has no need for human form.

>>1513628
this might have been one of the parts that was actually metaphorical

it might refer to intelligence, qualia or some such

>>1513644
isn't god like much more intelligent than human?
And how comes he has a mind that would fit a hunter gatherer living in small groups?

>>1513647
we don't have the same one but we have one

unlike rocks or something

It doesn't really mean literally what God looks like, rather that men were made to have duties over creation and thus to be "godlike" in a way that the other animals were not.

God himself blows the breath of life into Adam's nostrils, there's a sacred imprint of some kind that distinguishes the human creation from the other creatures.

You could make a long list but it might include things like the capacity for language and higher thought or abstract thought, conscience, self-control, free-will.

Being created in the image of God carries a further implication. It implies that human life is somehow sacred and deserving of special care and protection.

>Genesis 9:6 "Whoever sheds the blood of man, in exchange for that man shall his blood be shed, for in the image of God was man created"

It invokes the absolute prohibition on murder. There is no way to compensate or punish someone for murder, it simply means forfeiture of one's own life. That's how sacred human life is.

This is intentionally a subversion of other polytheistic religions which would portray humans as servile towards a group of capricious self-interested gods.

Being God's image elevates humans to more majesty and dignity

>>1513628
Because God was created by man.