Is the image of God damaged by sin—or has Scripture been answering a different question all along? Christians widely affirm that human beings are created in the image of God, yet often speak of that image as marred , distorted , or partially lost because of the fall. The language feels familiar, even biblical. But when Scripture itself is allowed to speak on its own terms, that assumption becomes surprisingly difficult to defend. In Why the Image of God Is Not Marred , physician and Scripture-focused researcher Dr. Mirko Roethlisberger offers a focused, Scripture-first reexamination of what the Bible actually says about the image of God, human nature, sin, and new creation. Rather than beginning with inherited theological frameworks, this book reads the biblical text inductively—paying close attention to how Scripture uses its own categories and resisting explanations the text never gives. Tracing key passages from Genesis, the Psalms, the Gospels, Paul, and James , the book shows that Scripture consistently affirms the image of God before the fall, after the fall, and even in contexts of profound human failure—without ever describing that image as damaged, diminished, or in need of repair. Sin is treated seriously, but it is located where Scripture locates it: in relational rupture, disordered desire, and life lived “in the flesh,” not in a metaphysical corruption of human essence. Along the way, Roethlisberger challenges capacity-based definitions of the image (intelligence, morality, relationality), clarifies common category errors in theological anthropology, and reframes redemption not as the repair of a broken humanity but as the gift of new life through union with Christ. Christ emerges not as the fixer of a defective image, but as the faithful image-bearer who reveals what humanity was always meant to be and opens the way into new creation. Written for thoughtful readers who want Scripture—not tradition—to set the terms, this book is clear, careful, and accessible. It does not dismantle faith; it sharpens it. And it invites readers to see humanity, sin, and salvation with renewed coherence, dignity, and hope.