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To: CharlesOConnell

God is not human. Anthropomorphization doesn’t work, and is indicative of an ignorant mind.


4 posted on 04/01/2020 10:43:40 PM PDT by TheZMan (I am a secessionist.)
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To: TheZMan

God, while not letting us know His full will, does want us to know His will where it is revealed.

He is a loving. Father, who does not hide his will or desires for his children.


6 posted on 04/01/2020 10:45:23 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death by cultsther)
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To: TheZMan
The Bible is absolutely full of anthropomorphic imagery, episodes, and reflections. Anthropomorphism is not indicative of an ignorant mind, but it requires wisdom in its application.

The wisdom lies in seeing the limited scope of the comparison between human and divine characteristics. The divine is primary, absolute, eternal, unchanging, while the human is derivative, relative, contingent on circumstances, and constantly variable.

However, human-God congruences are an excellent way to reflect on God. That's why He, Author and Artist, chose that method of establishing contact with us.

19 posted on 04/02/2020 12:43:30 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o ("Indeed, Lover of the Peoples, all the Holy ones are in Your hand." - Deuteronomy 33:3)
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To: TheZMan

I believe whan anthropomorphization occurs in the Bible, it’s God’s condecension to our understanding.


23 posted on 04/02/2020 1:49:10 AM PDT by Theophilus (Ich bin ein Hong Konger)
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