Genesis 1:26

Genesis 1:26 says, And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.  People were created in the image of God.  I don't believe that this means that we look like God physically, but spiritually.  We have the ability to reason and to know right from wrong.  People were also created with a purpose.  We are to have dominion over all other creatures.  I believe this means that not only are other creatures there for our use, but we are to treat them responsibility.  We are God's caretakers of His creation.  This is about as far from evolution as you can get.  We cannot believe both, so as with all things, we have a choice.  Verse twenty-seven declares, So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.  God created men and women in His image.  We can either believe that life is the result of some cosmic accident or we can believe that it is the result of the creative activity of God.  Verse twenty-eight adds, And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.  After being created in God's image, God blessed mankind.  Whether we accept it or not, we are a blessed creation of God.  As already stated, we are to be the caretakers of the earth and all that God created on it.  Verse twenty-nine proclaims, And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.  God said He gave people all the plants for their use.  Though some would say so, this does not mean that we are only to eat plants, since we know God later blessed the eating of meat.  Verse thirty says, And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.  We can either see this as God saying He gave every creature herbs to eat, or we can see it as God saying that He gave all these animals to man to use for food.  Verse thirty-one declares, And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.  God pronounced the creation of mankind as not only good, but very good, and then the sixth day ended and God's creation was finished.   I believe that is one problem with evolution.  Why did it stop with people?  With creation of all things by God we have the answer.  God was finished with creation.