# WHAT is MAN ?

         WHAT is MAN ?

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“ What We Believe.”

In the Bible  Psalm 8

It is written -

 “ What is Man that You are mindful of Him ?”

the Son of Man that You care for or visit Him.”

OUR SECULAR WORLD reponds to THAT QUESTION with

2 VERY  DIFFERENT ANSWERS. 

That

1. WE are nothing more than Animals

2.  We are almost God 

1. MAN is nothing more or less than an ANIMAL

Many Writers like  Desmond Morris in his books 

“ Naked Ape” and  “The Human Zoo”

suggest that Man is nothing more or less than an Animal and that 

His Social Behaviour goes back to the Jungle.

This Particular Response has been actively peddled since Charles Darwin popularised the Theory of Evolution.

He and Others who followed characterised Human Society as a Jungle

 in which only the Fittest survive through struggle.

Both Hitler and Carl Marx used Darwin’s “Origin of Species”

as the Scientific Basis for Their Political Views.

The Christian doesn’t believe that Man is solely an Animal.

He believes That to be both an Insult to Man and a Libel on God. 

But This is One of the Extreme Views 

continuing to be held by Some People today.

2. MAN is becoming GOD

At the Other Extreme there are Those who are increasingly peddling

the Idea that MAN is becoming GOD.

It is true that in recent years Man has developed His Capacities 

in a Variety of Areas ,

to a Point where Some have begun to compare Him with God

and give Him,  Divine Status.

For Example :

a)  God’s Omniscience He is All Knowing…..He knows Everything.

b)  God’s Omnipotence He is All powerful  … He can do Anything 

c)  God’s Omnipresence He is All Present…

able to be Everywhere at once.

d)  God’s Eternity He is Eternal …

He has always been and always will be

So One Group says ………….We are …an Animal 

and

 the Other says …………..We are…. God 

Q. WHAT are We to think ?

The Bible says that…… WE are NEITHER 

but It affirms that…………. WE have AFFINITIES with BOTH

IT indicates that

 WE are UNIQUE CREATURES on God’s Planet.

a. We move in the Same Enviroment and have Similar Bodies to Animals

b. We also have a Special Affinitiy to God 

There are at least

 3 Things 

The Bible affirms about Man  

1. His Dignity 

                 “ Man is unique !”

above….. the Animals

below …….the Angels

a. Above the Animals

Q. What is the Essential Difference between 

Men and Animals ?

Some have suggested that He makes tools 

He uses fire and cooks his food

He laughs

But  the Major Difference               =      

 Man prays    

Gen 1:26

“let us make Something Special…. let us  make man in Our Image”  

GOD Bless you all