Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness..." What does this

[Dawn]

mean, "our image"? Is the word "God" plural? Just how many equal God?

Genesis 1:26
My guess is that mankind was originally created by beings from another planet, or dimension... that earth is just one big petri dish, or experiment.

 

[Bill K Atheist Goodfella]

Well, you're kind of on the right track, but then you fall apart with the whole alien thing.

The use of the words "we" and "our" lose a little bit of their connection with newer translations of the bible; since an important word has been removed. That word is "elohim".

In older translations (20+ years) there is a reference of yahweh speaking to the elohim (this is what "us" and "we" references). This word, when translated, means "brethren" or "pantheon". It is a plural word, and in this context, refers to other gods. It's only in religious traditions that there is an apologetic explanation for the word being plural: god is SO powerful and great that he can only be referred to as a plural being.

You can find older copies of the bible, to see this for yourself. Editting is a wonderful thing.

 

[Halfstarved Wombat]

I thought the only thing he made in his image were manatees

 

[klf_lancaster]

Jesus was with God in the beginning, = "Our"

Jesus is "Emmanuel" = God with us,

= Jesus was in the Flesh, with us

= God in the Flesh, with us

 

[Aiden]

Jesus was there.

 

[Pierce R. Wentworth]

It means that like God we are creators

 

[tim]

God is the trinity. God the Father, God the Son, Jesus and God the Holy Spirit. That equates to Our Image