In Reply to: So color me old-fashioned. I grew up reading 17th, 18th, posted by and 19th century literature as well as 20th, and the fact is, sm on Sat, Jun 05 2021 at 01:35 AM CDT:
When you actually think about the original term, it's totally a false concept that an exact likeness is the "spit and image" of something/someone. But hey, men have been just making things up "out of thin air" for centuries based on their religious beliefs!