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Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground."

Genesis 1:26 

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He was talking to his son, Jesus, and  the angels. The bible is full of testaments that heaven is full of angels singing God's praises. They come down here to earth to help us too. I've been helped by angels in life threatening situations. Sometimes angels help people to help others.

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The Urantia Book covers that subject. I found it a great read. It is on-line for free. Fascinating. Like God, there are many eventuated beings who were there in the origins of the Grand Universe. The existence of our world was planned several billion years ago.   

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It was the aliens that said that. :) we all look like Aliens from outer space, some of us more so.. LOL!   Jokes aside, In Eric Van Danikin's book ;The chariots of the gods' he writes of that verse. Who's image??Who's likeness?? Are there other likenesses out there that 'our likeness resembles that of the creator?? who is the creator?? 

Is it possible that we are a laboratory experiment?   One forgotten test tube culture? Are we being examined? Not unlike modern scientists would experiment with creating life? We have one such experiment currently going on at Stanford university, 'The bubble'. (don't know the real name)  At any one time our little earth experiment could be ended with a flush down the drain.  Perhaps we are sitting  on a shelf somewhere and being prodded/probed and looked after.  Someday this may end and probably will.   (time is relative-what seems years to us may be minutes to them.)     Sorry to put a stone in the shoe of you religious ones but 'all things are possible.".  God is the supreme being, all things are possible under god, even aliens that possibly created us.  I am open to all doubts and criticism, also open to all possibilities and theories.  There are too many inconsistencies and unexplained writings in the bible. although I respect its teachings and humankind should follow its path laid out, just not turn off one's common sense and remember, it was written in a time that even the flashlight would seem fire from the gods. (read Ezekiel and the wheel.)   

10 years ago. Rating: 4
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Genesis is an early Bible  The book of revelations.......

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I am so weary of the not-too-subtle ridicule and snide remarks from people who don't believe in the Bible.   

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Now, to the actual question...I wondered the very same thing and asked my pastor.  I wasn't particularly satisfied with the answer he gave me, but I do have a lot of respect for my Life Application Study Bible and the explanations that are supplied for many excerpts.  The explanation provided for Genesis 1:26 is as follows:
"Why does God use the plural form, "Let us make human beings in our image"? One view says this is a reference to the Trinity - God the Father, Jesus Christ his Son, and the Holy Spirit - all of whom are God. Another view is that the plural wording is used to denote majesty. Kings traditionally use the plural form in speaking of themselves. From Job 33:4 and Psalm 104:30, we do know that God's Spirit was present in the Creation. From Colossians 1:16, we know that Christ, God's Son, was at work in the Creation. "
 

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