RE: A challenge to the thesis of "intellectual laziness" of believers in God

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One could interpret this bible passage to mean that physically we look like God (thus God looks like a man). Perhaps, intellectually, we resemble God. Spiritually and emotionally as well. It is up to the individual to decide.

Fortunately, we humans are eager providers to each other and offer those interpretations. I am happy, that not everything needs to be interpreted from scratch. I would say that that what already exists as interpretations, most likely will be combined with what the single interpreter makes of it. There is nothing new under the sun, is it.
When someone who likes to be presented with as little biased information as possible, scientific sources are a very good start (if they happen to be as clean as they can get).

We, the people, make it often very hard for ourselves, since we seem to think that we have to solely rummage in our isolated mind and forget, how rich and wonderful other minds have already thought things through. But of course, one has to find them - which, I think, is nowadays both, the easiest and the hardest at the same time. Since we are so distracted with pathos, we lose the logos out of sight.

Just the website alone, which I have used as a source in my posting, has a huge library. On creation I have found this part.
But then, all films ever seen, all artistic products ever enjoyed (or suffered), are an interpretation of what we humans think of ourselves and the cosmos. Some really excellent, some really crappy.



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Fortunately, we humans are eager providers to each other and offer those interpretations. I am happy, that not everything needs to be interpreted from scratch.

The interpretation is important because this is what determines how you will act in accordance with the information you receive. You can ignore the information, but if you want to engage in an intellectually challenging exercise with the concept of God as creator, then you need to interpret what is presented to you. So, I don't have a problem whatsoever with anyone who wants to interpret (see my comment on Newton). What I believe is important is to interpret the information in a clear logical manner, so we can follow the line of thinking and question the interpretation if we have to.

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I have done an interpretation on Genesis in my new post. I hope, I have done it in a clear logical manner and my chain of thought comes across.
I thank you for pestering me :)

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