Brian Brock: Jesus Christ the Divine Animal?

[swamidass (S. Joshua Swamidass)]

@Brian

I am trying to get christians out of the game of looking for the “human distinctive” because I think that it reduces humans to functional traits. As someone who has thought a lot about disability, I’m trying to find a way to affirm that human beings are good as they are without being forced to defend the presumption that humans as better than other creatures because they can “do something” that other animals can’t do.

We have been discussing this several times on this forum: Disability and the Image of God. I agree with this direction.

@Brian

I also want to reserve the language of the image of God for Christ.

@anon46279830, one of our regulars from a while ago, would entirely agree with you on this.

I’m looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the questions from my last post.