vase falls from the top shelf in the kitchen and is broken beyond repair. Into the bin it goes. But suppose a thief breaks into a museum’s central vault and makes off with its most prized artifact—a perfectly preserved, one-of-a-kind vase from the ancient Greeks. The police would be called, and the culprits would be hunted down and prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Similarly, we have made off with God’s image. We have distorted and disfigured God’s creation. We would have an excuse, perhaps,