Are Humans Animals?

Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? Matthew 6:26

"Whether they realize it or not, every person’s answer to this

question directly reflects their worldview, and whether they accept man’s explanation of the world’s history or God’s account of history that is recorded in the Bible.

Despite the claims and beliefs of many, humans are not animals. At the heart of this issue lies this question—
Q: where did humans come from?
Q: In other words, did we evolve or were we created?

Intuitively we know—as much as some try to fight it—that humans are not animals, that something is different about us.
From our mental capacity to our physical abilities, our creativity to our ingenuity, humanity has declared itself to be set apart from the animal world in every way.

The first two chapters of the book of Genesis record the creation of the world. In that creation account, the creation of mankind is specifically detailed and gives us the following information:

--God created mankind in his own image (Genesis 1:26)

--God created mankind as male and female (Genesis 1:27)

--God gave mankind dominion over everything that moves on the earth (Genesis 1:28)

--God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed life into his nostrils (Genesis 2:7)

In the very first verses of the Bible and throughout the rest of Scripture, we see that mankind is a unique creation." 

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