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you are kryptonite to SFP

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If "kryptonite" means "constant source of laughter" :lol:

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However, LOL, we here trust APL way more than some attorney from puddle chuck who answers to no one and is never on National News.

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Did I repot some breaking story or something? :confused:

I am waiting to hear from Tulsi. APL is an unreliable narrator.

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SFSPLC finally snapped

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The frick? :confused:

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And IPads do?

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Yes, as well as act as a source of revenue for the jail/sheriff.

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(And I worry about the new one landing the Kurgan part, which was primary to the original. Brown was both menacing and comically entertaining... not an easy duo to pull off. If Bautista has anything approaching those chops, I haven't seen it to date.)

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Yeah I don't know if Bautista can really meld the comic, menace, and charming aspects of the character. He has done these things separately from each other but never together, I don't think.

Cavil 100% can do that.

This makes me wonder if they're going to go for a more serious/dark tone, as modern movies tend to do, and how that would work.

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They may claim such, but the revelation of God does not support that any creatures other than humans are made in the image of God.

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I think you're close to getting it, now. Once I thought that I just knew it was going to be productive in your understanding of the discussion.

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The argument isn't merely from what isn't stated, but what is, and there are several legs to the chair that make a cumulative case for the exclusivity of humanity as the only image-bearers of God.

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Man-made points that aren't explicitly from the Bible.

I have a feeling the next stuff you say to argue this point is actually going to support my argument.

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First, the structure of creation and the special attention to humanity (even in the absence of "superior" beings as angels being revealed later) as the image of God provides a natural emphasis. All creation is listed separately from mankind, including the angels, which would presumably be "superior" to even the hypothetical aliens. Angels are not taught to be made in the image of God, but only man. That's important because the Bible doesn't seem to be arbitrarily calling out humans as just one group of creatures among many that are given this status. The narrative in Genesis 2 pauses to call out humans above all creatures, and humans were last to be created, as a capstone of creation, according to the narrative, giving more primacy to humanity above all other creatures.

Second, we have the exclusion of angels from the image of God. As mentioned before, only mankind is said to have been made in the image of God, and it is the basis for our dignity and value, and why the death penalty was granted for the unlawful taking of human life. Angels are mentioned many times, all throughout the Bible, yet are never described as humans are as image-bearers. Given that humans will judge angels, their "superior" abilities are still "inferior" to men as covenantal image-bearers, and therefore it would make sense that whatever aliens would be like, they would also be inferior to men in this sense. The lack of the image of God for angels as arguably the greatest of the non-human creations of God indicates that no other creature lesser than angels could have that same image.

Third, you have the structure of dominion given to man. While the text only mentions earth, man is given all authority on earth over all that was listed as created. The only other created beings that the Bible speaks of that do not fit into this creation mandate, and therefore authority structure, are the angels, and we are told later in the Bible that we will even judge them. So, we have examples of humans being given authority over all creatures, great and small, on earth and in Heaven, to have dominion over and to judge. Given that aliens would be creatures somewhere between angels and bacteria, it is safe to assume that humans would have authority over them, as well, given the rest of the Scriptures' teaching on authority. In addition, we are taught in the Bible that Christians are united to Christ by faith, and that Jesus as the God-man (not God-alien) has been given all rule and authority. Further, they teach that in Christ, we also have such authority, which is the basis for judging the angels. If Christ as the God-man has all authority to judge all creatures, including angels, and humans are given a special authority equal to His due to our being in union with Him, then that means we would have all authority as subordinates to Christ in Heaven. This wouldn't make sense if there are many other alien creatures that share the same status.

Fourth, the nature of Jesus Christ indicates that there is only one kind of image-bearer (humanity). It's the biblical teaching that Jesus has only two-natures (God and man), and that He is uniquely representative and a unique mediator between mankind and God the Father. Jesus doesn't have more natures, as He would be one person with many natures rather than just the God-man. The descriptions of Him as God-man indicate that there are no other natures that He has taken on to pay for sins as a representative, so if there are thousands of races of aliens on other planets throughout the universe that had the same covenantal arrangement as humans (given law and grace), salvation would not be given to them through mediated representation in suffering and dying to pay for sin with other natures. That means there are either no other creatures that Jesus died for, or none that needed to have sins forgiven, just like the animals on earth. Jesus' natures of God and man point to the uniqueness of mankind as image-bearers that angels or aliens don't/wouldn't have.

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Yup.

So, aliens being made in the image of God, would have major problems within your understanding of Christianity, based on your four points.

Aliens being made in the image of God could have been left out of the Bible as nothing in the Bible explicitly contradicts that position.

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Again, the point is that if we are allowing important things to be left out of the Bible, someone coming alone and making those "left out" claims (similar to Joseph Smith or Mohammed) would present issues with the Bible.

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We can discuss "those 'left out' claims" as aliens being revealed to also be made in the image of God.

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I’m wondering what role anyone in New Orleans has in even voting for this office.

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How was Chelsey Napoleon selected? Voting or appointment?

This says she was elected.

And I thought my Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference yesterday would be my best one this week

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There was never an election for this office because it was just created on April 30.

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That's silly.

With all of the actual governing and fixing all the bullshite in Nola that exists, why do these government officials waste their time on silliness?