The Monday Morning Quarterback
The subject of yesterday's sermon was the "image of God" or what theologians refer to as the "Imago Dei." I used bioethicist Peter Singer's Op-Ed article in the 1/26/07 issue of the New York Times as my jumping off point. He was talking about the notion of dignity in relation to 9 year old girl who has the mental age of 3 months. He asks the question, '" But why should dignity always go together with species members, no matter what the characteristics of the individual may be?"
I attempted to answer this question through the concept of the Imago Dei. Dignity is associated with the human species because G0d has made us in God's image: we are God's image bearers on planet earth. We explored different ways that the Imago Dei has been understood, but noted that at bottom, God has made it the case that we are God's image bearers.
Did the sermon stir up any thoughts or questions about human dignity, the Imago Dei, and/or the implications for this?
I attempted to answer this question through the concept of the Imago Dei. Dignity is associated with the human species because G0d has made us in God's image: we are God's image bearers on planet earth. We explored different ways that the Imago Dei has been understood, but noted that at bottom, God has made it the case that we are God's image bearers.
Did the sermon stir up any thoughts or questions about human dignity, the Imago Dei, and/or the implications for this?
posted by UCC Medfield at 6:45 AM
1 Comments:
Yes, the sermon made me wonder what it means to say that I "bear God" in me. I know it does NOT mean that I have a "peice" of God in me but that I some how reflect God in the world. This is a huge thing for me to consider and makes me wonder if I treat others with adequate amount of respect and dignity precisely because they too bear God's image as well.
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