Question of the Week: What's the difference between humans and animals?

 

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In this issue . . . Q&A: What's the difference between humans and animals? Video: Is There Really a God? Get Equipped: Did God Use Evolution? Blog Highlights News to Note Quick Look After Eden Answers ... with Ken Ham Q: What's the difference between humans and animals? A: The Bible clearly distinguishes between man and beast: On the sixth day, Adam was created "in the image of God" and quite apart from the land animals through a clearly distinguished separate act of creation. The Hebrew word bara (create) is used three times in Genesis 1:27 to emphasize this act of creation. Only man received the breath of God. In this way, he was given a spirit so that he transcends the world of the animals. Only when Adam was created, did God "use his hands": "The Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life" (Gen. 2:7). In the Old Testament, the Hebrew word yatsar is used to describe the actions of a potter who skillfully and imaginatively forms his vessels. In the same way, God used earthly matter for Adam's physical parts. Only man can actually communicate with God. Only he possesses the gift of speech and of prayer by means of which he can express all his thoughts before his Creator. Man was created to be near and close to God. He is dependent on communion with God. Continue reading more biblical and scientific distinctions between people and animals. Get Equipped Did God Use Evolution? Today's question is taken directly from this book written by information scientist Werner Gitt. In it, Gitt critically analyzes and rejects the assumptions and consequences of the doctrine of theistic evolution, examining both its biblical and scientific ramifications. News to Note Quick Look Tabbies and tigers and cheetahs, oh my!: Tabby trait traced through genetic analysis ties together the cat family tree. The ultimate free lunch: In the beginning were the laws of physics (not!). African melting pot: Genomic study suggests the presence of ancient anatomically modern humans all over Africa. Moral Landscape: Can't we be good without God? No supernatural jumpstart?: Cosmologist asserts physics theories will explain the big bang without a "supernatural jumpstart." After Eden Answers ... with Ken Ham radio program Safe Christian Colleges? Gone Before College Chicken or the Egg? Don’t Tell Children Bible Stories? The Debate is Over?	This Week . . . What Do We Do with the Youth? (Sep 28) 4.4 Differences Between Human Life and Animal Life (OB16) (Sep 27) Five Fossil Mysteries . . . That Evolution Can't Explain (Sep 26) A Tour of the Creation Museum: Starting Points (Sep 25) Letter from Ken, August 2012 (Sep 24) Fall Answers magazine sneak peek: Poison Dart Frogs—Drop Dead Gorgeous (Sep 23) Video On Demand Is There Really a God? Watch Video Blog Highlights Ken Ham: What Is a Secularist? Georgia Purdom: Praying for Revival at True Woman 2012 Ken Ham: Missionary Endeavors Down Under Pray for AiG Please pray for our web team, specifically that the preparation and transition to the new online store goes smoothly. Read the latest update to stay current on other requests and praises. Resources Raising Godly Children in an Ungodly World - Video Download Answers Magazine Subscription: United States Science Confirms The Bible Connect with Us Answers in Genesis Creation Museum Answers in Genesis Creation Museum Answers in Genesis Creation Museum See all networks
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