If you posted a response which was deleted, it was not deleted by me—and I never saw that response.
Are you sure? Their meaning has been debated within the church for centuries. Indeed, one of the frustrations I hear regularly from seminary students and even experienced pastors is that theologians have yet to provide a clear description of what the Imago Dei (Image of God) means.
The Bible says that humans and all other animals are made from dust (aka soil.) Indeed, the Bible and modern science agree on that. Every person who ever lived was made from dust.
It sounds like you have assumed what has been depicted (or implied) in various Hollywood movies: That formed from the dust describes hands molding clay into a shape—and then some sort of divine mouth-to-mouth resuscitation process. I think that is a actually beautiful imagery but is not the only way theologians have understood the passage. Does God have literal lungs and respiratory anatomy such that he literally breathed life into HAADAM? Or is that simply a literary means of describing the gift of life?
The Bible speaks of NEPHESH animals having “the breath of life”. Does that mean that God simply breathed into them also? Ecclesiastes says that animals were made from dust. So does that mean that they were formed similarly to HAADAM?
Once again you are assuming that your tradition-based interpretation is the only “clear” one.