Image definition: a representation of the external form of a person or thing in art. The pastor does not answer that. Why?
I certainly hope man does not bare God's image.
That is what the ancient Greeks did with their gods--make them bare.
I would hope that we bear God's image (be similar to, resemble).
My pets are family. They are nonhuman family members.
I will kill to protect all members of my family. They are all irreplaceable.
is your article suggesting that God is both male and female? That God has qualities of both sexes, therefore both sexes resemble God? or that both sexes Bear God’s likeness in terms of physical attributes, therefore God has both male and female qualities?
A Tree can ‘bear a likeness to’ an individual- a rock can bear a likeness to a man ‘Old man on the mountain’ in N.H- That formation was ‘Created in the image of’ a man, (By natural forces)
A Created child can ‘bear a likeness to’ their parent, either in appearance, or some non physical attribute such as attitude, gestures, etc- or in many ways, physical and non physical- This child can bear the image of both parents, both in features and non physical ways- that doesn’t make both parents both male and female, nor the child both male and female-
Sex, not gender.