So the issue is never the amount. The issue is what it means. And because we live in a culture that formally denies that we are created in God’s image, we ought to be having many more clashes than we are. This is why the theory of evolution is such a big issue—the theory of evolution is a jurisdictional claim that the devil is making. If we were not created in the image of God, then this means that we have no jurisdictional appeal beyond Caesar. If there is no God above Caesar, then Caesar is God. If there is a God in Heaven, and He has placed His image on us, then this absolutely requires the
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