This changes the meaning a bit, but it explains why humans being created in the image of God is relevant. Dogs or rhinos or ants can't think or have faith or free will, but people can
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'''Human beings''' were created in the image of [[God]], according to Judaism and Christianity. "Male and female He created them." (Genesis 1) Scientists, educators, philosphers, and sociologists who embrace the perspective of [[philosophical naturalism]] deliberately overlook man's spiritual nature, and whether science should consider the human body (including the [[brain]]) as "all there is" remains an unsettled question..
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'''Human being''' is a term for a [[homo sapiens|human]] that empasizes the role of a human not merely as a social animal, but a thinking person. Human beings were created in the image of [[God]], according to Judaism and Christianity. "Male and female He created them." (Genesis 1)
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Scientists, educators, philosphers, and sociologists who embrace the perspective of [[philosophical naturalism]] deliberately overlook man's spiritual nature.
Academic scholarship related to human beings falls under any of the following fields of study:
Academic scholarship related to human beings falls under any of the following fields of study: