Subj : Re: Extent of the Torah
To   : Joshua Lee
From : Chuck Pierson
Date : Thu Oct 26 2000 04:35 am

-=> On 10-24-00 15:34, Joshua Lee wrote to Chuck Pierson <=-


 CP> then in fact the mind of man
 CP> would work the same as the divine mind, since that it what it was
 CP> patterned off of.  Whether or not it is true or false doesn't concern

 JL> That's only one non-traditional interpretation of what "in the divine
 JL> likeness" means; if this was what it was understood as, then it would
 JL> indeed be primative; but this level of anthropomorphism was never used
 JL> by Jews or even to my knowledge others with reference to these
 JL> passages. One traditional interpretation is that this refers to that,
 JL> like the divine, man has free will. (With that remark, we wander back
 JL> into philosophical realms.)


I agree that my above isn't a traditional interpretation.  But I have known
people who have held that or similar beliefs.  Of course, many of those same
people seem to think the Bible came into existance with King James.

"In the divine image" meaning Man has free will is a far more common
interpretation.

If I may, let me pose a question to you which I've been asked often myself
regarding this.

If Man was created with free will,  why then were so many restrictions then
placed on it with all of the Laws?


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