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Are Humans Elevated Over Other Forms of Life? Inter-belief Conversation Cafe - Monday, December 18

December 18, 2023

Genesis 1:26–27 attributed the following quote to God: “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.” But earlier in Genesis 1:22, God supposedly blessed the creatures themselves, telling them, “Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth,” and Genesis 2:15 said, “The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it, and take care of it.” 


Inter-belief Conversation Cafe will examine the Line of Succession to the Kingdom of Earth. Meanwhile our humanity will be preserved by our reasoning dialogue’s agreements of open-mindedness, acceptance, curiosity, discovery, sincerity, brevity, and confidentiality. So, if you’re a tree looking to lobby for your civil rights, you’re out of luck. But if you’re a human? Join us. (And if you don’t like our reasoning dialogue, you’re still free to “make like a tree and leave.”)


Monday, December 18, 7:00 - 9:00 pm, Zoom


Click here for the Zoom link!



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