What it means to say that we are made in the divine image
* We are made out of love, for love, and to love one another and all creation * God gave us the ability to think, to choose, to love * We possess dignity above and beyond other animals * We can enter into a covenant with God
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How original sin wounded out original nature
* pain and death entered human life * we lost the ability to see God and the peace of our nature
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The difficulty in defining “good” and “evil” and what is necessary to define it
* “Good” depends upon an ideal. A concept or value help to be of utmost importance * without this ideal “good” and “evil” mean nothing
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What distinguishes humans from animals
* free will and dignity * humans have rationality, animals have an instinct
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God’s purpose in creating humans
to be stewards of creation, to love and care for it
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Why we are made as sexual beings
* procreation * to live out our purpose in loving and creating life * it reflects the status as a composite being with a body and soul