NICOLA PANNELL R.E Mrs Brown
“Man has made God in his own image?”
Not all Christians believe the same thing. Therefore they all have different images of God. Christians haven’t made God in their own image in the sense that they believe God is Omnipotent (all-powerful) and no man is all-powerful. They also believe God is Omnipresent (everywhere) and no man is everywhere either. They believe God is Omniscient (all knowing) and again no man is all knowing! They believe God is eternal (he will go on forever) but we all know man cannot go on forever!! They believe God comes from above and is ‘removed’ from this world-Transcendent yet again no man is Transcendent. They believe God is personal and has a relationship with everyone who follows him but this is impossible if he is transcendent. Christians believe God is a man because Artists impressions of God see him, as a man this would be planting the idea to Christians that God is one of them! Christian’s believe that God is a kind, noble man and would like to see themselves as kind and noble like him! We presume that God was a man because it states in the Bible that