Posted on 02/02/2020 3:16:18 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
When the Bible says that mankind was created “in the image of God” we gain from that an understanding of our capabilities. We also learn about the inherent worth of human life.
What is a person worth?
Ninety-nine percent of a human body consists of six elements: oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, and phosphorus. The remaining one percent consists of minor elements and trace elements. If you purchased these chemicals on the market, you would have to spend a bit more than $100.
Most of us believe people are worth more than $100.
Yet not everyone. The Nazis considered Jews, Poles, mentally ill people, and others to be of no worth whatsoever. Of negative worth, in fact; worthy only of extermination since they were viewed as a net deficit in the human race.
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So much that "God so loved the world that He gave His only Begotten Son that who so ever believes in Him shall not perish but will have eternal life. " John 3:16
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