Article 10

Affirmation: We affirm that all men and women are created in the image of God. We affirm that this bestows upon them a tremendous dignity and separates them uniquely from the rest of creation. We also affirm that by being made in God’s image, mankind can act as a co-creator with God through physical and intellectual labors in taking raw material and transforming it into beneficial products.

Denial: We deny that being made in the image of God makes christians ‘little gods’ who have a supernatural authority and ability to create new realities out of nothing with their speech. We deny that when scripture calls leaders and judges ‘gods’ that it means that they are divine beings. We deny that being created in God’s image means that God was reproducing Himself in them in a manner analogous to animal or human reproduction.