"human beings, the epitome of his creation?"
The concept that human beings are the epitome of God's creation has been proved incorrect...
Interesting post.
But don't look down on any particular religion. I believe all religion contain the truth.
These concepts of "So God created man in his own image.......(Genesis 1:27)" and ".........the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. (Psalm 93:1, King James)" are biblical statements which are echoed in all Abrahamic religions and which have no scientific basis whatsoever.
Bibilical statements are metaphorical. There can be so many interpretatons..
God created men in his own image: let's say creation is God's image,
image being the expression of God in front of the
observer. So if man = creation & creation = God's image, then men = God's image. Then again, going by this interpretation, everything is God's image.
the world also is established, that it cannot be moved: This can be true too, if the Earth is the
reference. The Earth can be a logical reference if the
observer is located in the Earth. And when the Earth is the reference, it can be considered stationary, with all around it moving with respect to the Earth.
The Hindu belief is that the only constant in all creation is change itself. All things change. Life and death are an unending cycle. All species existing today will die out to be replaced by others just as others have died out to make way for those existing today.
That's true as well, but also gives rise to more questions. Life and death hold no special significance other than
constant change in matter and can be explained by "the law of entropy", unless the metaphysical concept of "self/soul" is taken into consideration. But then again, is the number of souls infinite? If they are, how do you distinguish between each separate soul? And if they are all one, why do I not feel
myself in
you? (Makkhali Gosala, who lived around the same time as Buddha, provides a very interesting solution to this dilemma.)
Oh, just noticed I digressed from the topic at hand. Sorry folks!