At 08:45 PM 2/9/00 -0500, George Murphy wrote:
>I would suggest that the
>indications we have of Neanderthal &c religious practices which Glenn M.
e.g., has
>detailed suggest, not human beings in the "state of integrity" but those
in which the
>imago is damaged & distorted. What is restored in Christ is faith in the
true God,
>& its absence is shown by faith in false gods.
I would agree and just remind people that there is an aparent religious
altar built by H. erectus as well at Bilzingsleben, Germany dating 400 kyr
ago.
> Now whether or not my interpretation of that particular set of data is
correct
>or not can be debated. But my general point is that unless the imago dei
has some
>consequences which can be discerned by observation _and theological
analysis_ then it's
>not a very helpful concept for theological anthropology. If all we can
say is that
>creatures who are genuinely human differ from other hominids by virtue of
the imago dei,
>& the imago dei is what makes creatures human, then we haven't said anything.
> Shalom,
> George
>
>
>
>George L. Murphy
>gmurphy@raex.com
>http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
>
>
>
glenn
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