What does it mean to be made in the image of God, how do you know if someone is made in God's image and why does it matter if we are made in his image or not?
Made in the image of God is basically only ever mentioned once in the Bible (the other four times are just referencing that one time) and it doesn't tell me much about what made in God's image means.
Throughout the Bible we see God and Jesus treat humans and non human animals very differently such as telling humans which kinds of animals they may or may not slaughter to eat them and how to slaughter them or Jesus killing lots of pigs seemingly unnecessarily. But we don't see God or Jesus treating humans this way. What is the morally relevant difference between a human and an animal? How is one made in God's image but not the other?

What does it mean to be made in the image of God, how do you know if someone is made in God's image and why does it matter if we are made in his image or not?
Made in the image of God is basically only ever mentioned once in the Bible (the other four times are just referencing that one time) and it doesn't tell me much about what made in God's image means.
Throughout the Bible we see God and Jesus treat humans and non human animals very differently such as telling humans which kinds of animals they may or may not slaughter to eat them and how to slaughter them or Jesus killing lots of pigs seemingly unnecessarily. But we don't see God or Jesus treating humans this way. What is the morally relevant difference between a human and an animal? How is one made in God's image but not the other?