The Bible and science agree - you really are ‘made in God’s image’

Recent scientific discoveries suggest that, contrary to earlier theories, every strand of our DNA is deeply significant. Writing on International Day of the Unborn Child, Catherine Disher says the news is further evidence that human beings have been perfectly created in the image of God.  

Several months ago, I got to meet my friends’ baby while visiting my hometown over the Christmas break. Their baby was calm, smiley and beautiful in every way. A gurgle here and a giggle there, he reflected expressions like they were going out of style, intently absorbing even the most basic of information or stimuli.

Each time I see a baby, I am amazed by how they grow, change, and generally adapt without any apparent effort on their part. One day they are small, and the next they are a teenager! The constant communication going on in their bodies is something they naturally and subconsciously come into agreement with. Eye colour, height, length of fingers and toes, are all determined by the collection of genes held together in their DNA.

Recently, I spent some time thinking about DNA and the complex roles it plays in our bodies, which led me to read several articles on the subject, culminating in the following scripture: “Then God said, ‘Let us make human beings in our image and likeness. And let them rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky. Let them rule over the tame animals, over all the earth and over all the small crawling animals on the earth.’ So God created human beings in his image. In the image of God he created them. He created them male and female” (Genesis 1:26-27).