PRISONER EXPRESS

Whether through beliefs or subconsciously trough inherited ideologies, is it possible that since the beginning of time man has longed to be more God-like, thus, has been mimicking God's traits, risking acts of more-than-mortal character? If this is true, to whatever extent, during stages of our lives we function as if we're above mortality. Not considering the spiritual and physical being of ourselves, which causes a lack of respect for others and self.

Genesis 1:26 states, "And God said, 'Let's make man in our own image, in our likeness.'" Now, to most, this passages interpreted in a purely physical sense, but in the labyrinth terminology of the Bible, perhaps the usage of the word "image" followed by the insertion of likeness has an intricate meaning that delves into the characteristics of God. And man, from the beginning, has been twisting that concept to suffice his own need, more so his vanities, with little or no moral regards. The origin of sin. Also, even before the creating of the world Lucifer himself was cast down from heaven when his mimicking because a vile obsession.

Being God-like has always been man's passion. In the Garden of Eden when God made a decree for Adam and Eve not to eat from the tree of knowledge of the good and evil, Lucifer, the same mimicking Lucifer guised as a serpent, deceptively influenced Eve to do so by telling her she would be as gods (not as God but as gods). And once she and Adam ate from the tree and became aware of the knowledge, did they become more in likeness to God, or infected by Lucifer's concepts? Did just sharing forbidden knowledge with God make them feel more God-like and, perhaps, create a very contorted assimilation; one that has been magnified through time over and over again.

To further elucidate this nebulous supposition, in the following paragraphs I've associated some of God's traits with the actions of man.

God was the first to govern on earth and with notable laws like the forbidden fruit and the ten commandments, He was a true enforced, but one who lovingly afforded freedom of choice. And although death and suffering accompanied the wrong choices, the choices were then and still are ours to make. Today we govern with iron fists, making vain laws in prisons, on ghetto streets, in relationships, politically and judicially, and in holy places, with no regard for fairness for anyone outside the inner circle. And if the wrong choices are made by the less fortunate, there is no compassion.

God had a chosen people. Today, existing around the globe, that is called racism.

God had an active penchant for violence. His devastating wraths destroyed armies, nations, even the world. Today we kill senselessly and use violence as a simple method to solve minor problems.

God is immortal and periodically during the course of our lives, lost in the bliss of living, we act the same. Yet when touched by affliction and the bravado from our senseless sense of immortality is buried beneath layers of fear and despair we become aware of our mortality, but doing so only until all is well and forgotten. It is possible that, for good and bad, practical and impractical reasons alike, man mimics God by assimilating His traits, more than often vainly, to structure our lives. And if we are, perhaps one day we will feel the overwhelming lacking and mimic His traits of love and forgiveness.