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Old 10-20-2008, 11:58 PM
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Originally Posted by prisonchaplain View Post
I occasionally like to go back to our Jewish roots to see how they interpret their own Scripture on these matters.

Judaism 101: Human Nature
"Clearly, we are not created in the physical image of G-d, because Judaism steadfastly maintains that G-d is incorporeal and has no physical appearance."

Ah - but what the Jews think today is hardly relevant. Much more to the point - what did the ancient Jews think?

While there was no such thing as a complete and universal consensus, the ancient Jews believed in a corporeal, embodied, physical God.
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