Tag: image of God

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Author
Douglas Groothuis

Date
March 26, 2026

Categories
Evolution
Philosophy
Political Science
Tagged
, Albert Einstein, authoritarianism, Benjamin Franklin, Bible, biographers, Blaise Pascal, Buddhism, C. S. Lewis, caste system, Christian philosophy, Christianity, Declaration of Independence, Deists, Elon Musk, endowed by our creator, evolution, First Amendment, Founders, Founding, French Revolution, guillotine, happiness, Hinduism, humans, image of God, infidels, Islam, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Locke, John West, Judeo-Christian tradition, Leonardo da Vinci, philosophy, sanctity of life, Second Treatise on Government, social contract theory, St. Augustine, Steve Jobs, The Greatest Sentence Ever Written, The Social Contract, theism, theology, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Jefferson, Unitarians, universal human rights, utopianism, Walter Isaacson, worldview}

In Explicating the “Greatest Sentence,” New Book Falls Short

_{Douglas Groothuis
March 26, 2026

Evolution, Philosophy, Political Science

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No naturalistic account of human life, rooted in Darwin’s purposeless evolution, has reason to account humans as special in nature. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 13, 2025

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, creator, Darwinian evolution, evolution, faith and science, human exceptionalism, human life, image of God, John West, podcast, purposelessness, sculptor, toxicity}

From John West, a Concise Explanation of Evolution’s Toxicity

_{David Klinghoffer
October 13, 2025

Evolution, Faith & Science

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At a dinner at my home, a guest launched into a lengthy explanation of why, as a religious person, neither he nor anyone should be bothered by “evolution.” Read More ›

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Author
Wesley J. Smith

Date
March 14, 2025

Categories
Bioethics
Botany
Human Exceptionalism
Life Sciences
Tagged
, artificial intelligence, babies, fish, gestating human babies, image of God, insects, invertebrates, life, mammals, microbes, moral responsibility, NYU, philosophers, universe}

Microbes as “Moral Agents”? Bioethicist Says Yes

_{Wesley J. Smith
March 14, 2025

Bioethics, Botany, Human Exceptionalism, Life Sciences

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Only a philosopher could claim seriously that humans owe significant moral duties to microbes. Read More ›

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Author
Nancy Pearcey

Date
September 23, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Bible, Christianity, creator, history, human mind, humans, image of God, intelligent design, intelligent designer, lawgiver, logos, Museum of the Bible, natural world, Rodney Stark}

Science, Scripture, and the Image of God

_{Nancy Pearcey
September 23, 2023

Bioethics, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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"The proposition that the universe had an Intelligent Designer is the most fundamental of all scientific theories." Read More ›

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Author
Nancy Pearcey

Date
September 21, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, abortion, Aristotle, babies, children, Christianity, Cicero, clergy, image of God, infanticide, infants, pagans, parents, persons, Plato, Roman Empire}

Image of God: Are Children Persons?

_{Nancy Pearcey
September 21, 2023

Bioethics, Faith & Science

3}

Today we take it for granted that children are special beings who require special care and attention. But it was not always so. Read More ›

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Author
Nancy Pearcey

Date
September 20, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Christianity, Colombia, dignity, divine image, drinking, Evangelical Christianity, image of God, Latin America, New York Times, pride, prostitutes, Protestantism, smoking, violence, women}

The Image of God — Going Global

_{Nancy Pearcey
September 20, 2023

Bioethics, Faith & Science

3}

Just like in the days of the early church, Christianity teaches men to treat their wives with dignity. Read More ›

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Author
Nancy Pearcey

Date
September 19, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, American Revolution, dominance, equality, image of God, men, New Testament, women}

Those Puzzling Puritans and the Image of God

_{Nancy Pearcey
September 19, 2023

Bioethics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Surprisingly, it was Puritans who passed the first law ever, anywhere in the world, against domestic violence. Read More ›

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Author
Nancy Pearcey

Date
September 18, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, Christianity, Genesis, image of God, marriage, men, paganism, prostitutes, Rodney Stark, Romans, Rome, salvation, slaves, women}

Women and the Image of God

_{Nancy Pearcey
September 18, 2023

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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In this historical context, the Christian view of marriage was nothing short of revolutionary. Read More ›

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Author
Nancy Pearcey

Date
September 17, 2023

Categories
Bioethics
Faith & Science
Tagged
, China, Christianity, Civil War, Enlightenment, Evangelical Christians, image of God, Native Americans, Rodney Stark, slavery, United States}

Slavery and the Image of God

_{Nancy Pearcey
September 17, 2023

Bioethics, Faith & Science

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America is the only country on Earth to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of its own citizens in a war to end slavery. Read More ›

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Author
Nancy Pearcey

Date
September 16, 2023

Categories
Ethics
Faith & Science
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, Amsterdam, atheism, Christianity, Declaration of Independence, endowed by their creator, England, equality, Friedrich Nietzsche, Great Britain, Houston Christian University, human nature, image of God, imago Dei, Judaism, Museum of the Bible, Richard Rorty, struggle for existence}

Human Rights and the Image of God

_{Nancy Pearcey
September 16, 2023

Ethics, Faith & Science, Intelligent Design

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“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights.” Read More ›