Image of God (imago Dei): grounds human value, authority over creation, and raises questions about communicable attributes

Mike distinguishes two confident claims: (1) imago Dei grounds human value — Genesis post-flood shows God authorizing capital punishment because man is made in His image (Genesis 9); (2) imago Dei gives humanity dominion over the earth (Genesis 1). He then raises unresolved questions: is it related to eternal souls? communicable vs. incommunicable attributes of God? Some theologians say it is purely a status designation, not about noticeable qualities. He firmly denies it relates to physical form (rejecting Mormon-adjacent physical God theology).