Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: jl@dcs.glasgow.ac.uk (John Launchbury) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: DOES GOD HAVE A PENIS (SERIOUS - HONEST) Message-ID: Date: 23 May 91 01:06:01 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Glasgow University Computing Science Dept. Lines: 18 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu mcorbin@scicom.AlphaCDC.COM (Michael Corbin) writes: >In any sense, I would say that the answer is yes. Altnernately, He also >had the ability to have sexual intercourse, however He chose not to since >His mission did not entail this. >Secondly, I feel that when the Bible refers to us as "created in God's >image," this refers to the intelligence that we possess and the internal >recognition of God that we have. >Michael Corbin At last I feel the urge to respond to this. Gen 1 is quite explicit that God created man in his own image, male and female. It is humans who are in the image of God, not males alone. This observation alone seems to be enough to settle the question. John Launcbury.