> -----Original Message-----
> From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu]On
> Behalf Of MikeSatterlee@cs.com
> I think you missed his point. I think his point was that those of
> us, like
> myself, who believe being created "in the image of God" referred
> to more than
> just being given "spiritual" qualities, but also referred to our
> being given
> qualities of "creativity" and "great intelligence," can point to
> virtually
> any activity in man's history as being evidence that mankind had,
> by the time
> that activity was engaged in, been "created in God's image." The
> time when
> man first made an "artistic" object can be pointed to as proof
> that God had,
> by that time, bestowed upon evolved primates His "image," since
> they were at
> that time displaying the "godly" quality of "creativity."
Is "Artistic" really a human characteristic? Other animals have been
observed to decorate their humble abodes.
http://www.calusanature.com/Red-Shouldered%20Hawk.htm
http://www.itsforthebirds.net/about.shtml
http://www.ficus.usf.edu/docs/guide_issues/chap4/chap4-6.htm
http://richland.uwc.edu/Depts/Biology/accounts/BALEAGL.htm
http://www.cavern.org/ACCA/cave_facts_wildlife.htm
http://www.wingmasters.net/rshawk.htm
> The time when man
> first made and used "tools" can be pointed to as proof that God
> had, by that
> time, bestowed upon evolved primates His "image," since they were at that
> time displaying the "godly" quality of "great intelligence."
Fabricating and using tools are not activities exclusively reserved for
humans.
http://miavx1.muohio.edu/~dragonfly/tools/chimptools.htmlx
http://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/chimp/Bossou/Chimpbeh.html
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/chb/lectures/anthl_12.html
http://www.savethechimps.org/facts_tool.asp
Stephen J. Krogh, P.G.
The PanTerra Group
http://panterragroup.home.mindspring.com
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