In the Image

What does it mean to be made in the “image of God?” It is constantly brought up in the Christian religion that mankind was created in the image of God himself. But there are so many contrary statements to that in the Bible's teachings so what could the statement really mean? It has been made very clear to us that God is in no way human and the visual representations of God that we see depicted in many European artworks is simply a metaphor. So what do we share with God? It can be speculated  that God created human with souls, or the spark of the Divine. In this respect, although we are no where near the power that God posses, we do have dominion over all other living creatures, who, according to Christianity, do not have souls. This idea of having a soul also allows us to live on beyond the time that our bodies perish. What we can say without doubt is that the idea of humans being created in God's image cannot be taken literally but rather as metaphor to another aspects the humankind. 

Never Ending

Too many times have our President's claimed that we are fighting a 'War on Terror." Terror can not be stopped. There will always be something creating terror in any country, it is inescapable. Just as we cannot know peace without war we cannot understand safety without fear. Even if you eliminate one source of terror, another will arise, in one form or another. So why fight a war that we can never win? I am not saying that efforts to find, and bring to justice, people who attack our country, like the events of September 11, 2001, are not justified. However, to claim the whole effort a 'War on Terror' seems as if we are being set up for failure, or simply to always have a reason to fight one another.

Purely Circumstance

Often people, from any nation, develop a blind opinion of things. For instance someone who lives in New England would probably say that the Patriots are the best football team and someone who lives in New York would side with the Giants. This is not based on how well the team plays, or how many times they have one, but where people were born and raised. The same things happens with what country people live in. If you were born in the USA then you may claim that you love the USA, but if you were born in Russia you would very likely say you love Russia. While it is usually justifiable, for so many people experience the same thing, this love is rather blind. We love the teams, or the country,simply because we happen to live there. In most cases it is purely circumstantial.We never notice, or simply ignore, any flaws or loses that our country encounters so many of us never push to make our team or country even better.