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Here's a description of God, as He is, in the book of Revelation...

Rev 1:12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks;
Rev 1:13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
Rev 1:14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Rev 1:15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
Rev 1:16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
Rev 1:17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

Although John was almost scared to death when he saw God, the bible says God greatly resembled the Son of Man, that is Jesus in the human flesh...And yes, God says He made us in His likeness/image, I take that as meaning physically...An image is something you can see...

And I'll bet God has His own formula for clearisil...

An image is not always something you can see. It has abstract meaning as well.

im·age
n.
A reproduction of the form of a person or object, especially a sculptured likeness.
Physics. An optically formed duplicate, counterpart, or other representative reproduction of an object, especially an optical reproduction formed by a lens or mirror.
One that closely or exactly resembles another; a double: He is the image of his uncle.

The opinion or concept of something that is held by the public.
The character projected to the public, as by a person or institution, especially as interpreted by the mass media.
A personification of something specified: That child is the image of good health.
A mental picture of something not real or present.

A vivid description or representation.
A figure of speech, especially a metaphor or simile.
A concrete representation, as in art, literature, or music, that is expressive or evocative of something else: night as an image of death.
Mathematics. A set of values of a function corresponding to a particular subset of a domain.
Computer Science. An exact replica of the contents of a storage device, such as a hard disk, stored on a second storage device, such as a network server.
Obsolete. An apparition.

Same with likeness,

likeness

n 1: similarity in appearance or character or nature between persons or things; "man created God in his own likeness" [syn: alikeness, similitude] [ant: unlikeness] 2: picture consisting of a graphic image of a person or thing [syn: semblance]

The Bible does use a great deal of imagery. Think of Paul as he described putting on the armor of God.

And this wonderful depiction of God in Revelations

Rev 1:14 His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire;
Rev 1:15 And his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters.
Rev 1:16 And he had in his right hand seven stars: and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.

His Eyes as a flame of fire, His Voice like the sound of many waters, out of His Mouth went a sharp two-edged sword. These images depict great Authority.

Please understand that I do not wish to change your mind. I know that your Faith is of th utmost importance to you. I just hope that you can realize that there are many of us of Love the Lord, but do view some things a little differently.

I think it is a blessing that the accuracy of our view of creation is not a salvation issue.