Also, here is an interesting quote of yours from earlier.
An image and likeness to God is someone who keeps his commandments and doesn’t allow the desires of the flesh to control the man. The body is subservient to the spirit.
Doesn't this directly violate your "free will" argument? You stated that
we were formed in his image and likeness.
If I don't follow the commandments, then I must not be made in his image. Then who am I taken after?
You’re not forced to give into fleshly desire, nor are you forced into resisting them. It’s a choice you make of your own free will. Follow God or follow the world. You cannot serve both. The ways of the world are at enmity with God.
We were formed in his image, and made to live forever in Eden. Eve was beguiled, and convinced Adam to sin as well. We’ve fallen a long way from that uncorrupted original form.
Aleister Crowley created Thelema and said: do what thou wilt. Jesus said: If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever.
You choose not to keep the Commandments and do what you want. You tell me who’s image and likeness you reflect.
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