tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266343386103636919.post8820524191850598156..comments2022-10-29T04:57:13.779-07:00Comments on The Institute of Relational Theology: Anthropomorphism RE-defined by Relational TheologyThe Sola Scriptura Theologianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10240000523678250976noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266343386103636919.post-36904133039518799702008-12-02T23:48:00.000-08:002008-12-02T23:48:00.000-08:00Anthropomorphism is really a pagan concept; pagan,...Anthropomorphism is really a pagan concept; pagan, because it is the perception of human qualities in God or a god without the benefit of revelation. Unfortunately, most classicists like Thomas Aquinas, and now even many Reformed theologians especially of the Hyper-Calvinist variety, tend to use this lame excuse in defining many characteristics of God.<BR/><BR/>As do so many "scholastics", they succumbed to pre-Christian Greek philosophies and incorporated them into their purportedly Biblical theologies, effectively distorting the very concept of the God of the Bible.<BR/><BR/>The Bible instead teaches that man is theomorphic. I pointed this out in my blog on "Axiomatic Foundations...". I could not agrree with you more!The Sola Scriptura Theologianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10240000523678250976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6266343386103636919.post-15848148091841932972008-02-05T13:44:00.000-08:002008-02-05T13:44:00.000-08:00Anthropomorphism is the old claim that humans crea...Anthropomorphism is the old claim that humans create God or gods in their own image. The Bible clearly states that God created human beings (male and female!) is God's own image.(Gen 1:26-27)<BR/><BR/>Therefore the Bible makes the fantastic claim we humans are theopomorphic, rather than God is anthropomorphic. <BR/><BR/>However,it is only because humans are theopomorphic that the Father could send the Son as a human being to be born, live, die, and be resurrected for us, that we can be reconciled with God and live for and with God, we can understand God's Creation, and that we can share God's love with others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com