Imago Dei Can’t Ground Equality

The author claims the traditional theological basis for moral equality—the Imago Dei—fails conceptually because some humans lack the capacities usually tied to God’s image while some animals exhibit them. If equality lacks a coherent foundation, using it to mandate uniform laws becomes a category error, and policy should instead reflect real human variation. — This reframes DEI and rights debates from data skirmishes to a first‑principles challenge that could justify differentiated rules where biology matters.