It doesn't always state that the people worshiped God through the supernatural image-pillars, but we know from Exodus 33:8-10 that it was entirely permissible to do so; certainly not “idolatry.” ...

Few ideas have changed the world as profoundly as the doctrine that all human beings who have ever lived bear God’s likeness.

Because in Jesus, Paul writes, we discover the “image of the invisible God.” And, as Jesus says about himself, “Anyone who has seen me has seen the father.” ...

Of the images that were relevant to religion and depicted a humanized God, 87.5% depicted a white person, 74% depicted a man and 72% depicted a white man.