It seems that when we (if we) speak of Christianity, it's hard to separate "God" qualities and values from "Human" qualities and values since the god of Christianity is an ANTHROPOMORPHIC GOD, from the Greek anthro (man) and morphe (form). The Old Testament God was angry, vengeful, jealous. The New Testament Christ was born of Woman, Living and Dying a physical death, feeling forgiveness, compassion, love, even righteous indignation. Both describe a very human kind of god... or perhaps this is how man explains himself to himself.

My Baptist friend once suggested that man did not give GOD human attributes, but that humans, created in the image of a singular GOD, possess some of HIS attributes.

This circular reasoning is why I am a Spiritual Humanist.
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http://www.carm.org/religious-movements/open-theism/anthropomorphism-god-re...
http://newsweek.washingtonpost.com/onfaith/panelists/john_shelby_spong/2007...
http://www.carm.org/religious-movements/open-theism/anthropomorphism-god-re...

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We were told in the Bible that we were made in His image....
Not that we made Him in our image...
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personal opinion

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