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To: hosepipe; betty boop
LOLOL! And very true that we are all like blindmen trying to describe an elephant. Or as Paul put it:

For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known. - I Cr 13:12

Alas, the observer problem. Nevertheless, we each benefit by strictly avoiding the tendency to anthropomorphize God.

12,918 posted on 04/17/2007 11:57:36 AM PDT by Alamo-Girl
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To: Alamo-Girl
[.. Alas, the observer problem. Nevertheless, we each benefit by strictly avoiding the tendency to anthropomorphize God. ..] Anthropomorphizing God like seeing Jesus(Messiah/Christ) as the body that came from Mary is common.. Jesus had a physical (human) body but lived before that and after that too.. without one..

Some might believe Jesus is in the flesh even Now... (i.e. a fleshly God)
Most humans see themselves as flesh not spirit.. in that case they anthropomorphize themselves.. which voids the term(oxymoron).. No doubt Jesus' ministry proved he was more than flesh and called out for others to be more than flesh..

Anthropomorphizing Spirit to Flesh is a gross error.. (Screwtape Letters)

Not only anthropomorphizing God but each other of us..

12,919 posted on 04/17/2007 12:25:54 PM PDT by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
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