it refers to the soul is the most traditional. While this does not settle the issue for evangelical believers, it certainly counts in favor of this view. . We all have a sense that the value and dignity of human beings is associated with the sheer fact that they are human. Regardless of what they can and cannot do, they possess an inherent quality that sets them apart from the rest of creation. The biblical teaching regarding the imago Dei renders this intuition intelligible,
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