What is an Unborn Human?

 

         "IMAGO DEI" is Latin for the "image of God."  This term materializes in my mind whenever I think of the beginning of a human life.  It comes from Genesis 1:27, where it says "So God created man in his own image..."

         In recent years, the exponentially increased scientific ability to look inside the womb and qualify what an unborn human is has rocked the world.  Studies show that the unborn has a unique, human, genetic signature,  DNA distinct from her biological parents, and is an organism whose parts work together for the good of the whole (rather than mere tissue), among a myriad of other new information about amazing things such as facial recognition, sleep patterns and senses.  

         The verses that comprise the art piece above were written thousands of years ago, yet they are living words - words that describe what contemporary science is still discovering.  What still remains, however, is the foreboding depravity of mankind, making the womb one of most dangerous places on earth for humans to survive.   

                     

Sacred: Unborn Human, 2024

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