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To: hosepipe

Indeed. Two books.

Though God The Father uses anthropomorphised metaphors for our benefit more than a little.

And, being somehow made in His/Their [Genesis "our"] image implies something more than 0.0% similarity.


6,031 posted on 01/15/2007 12:20:42 PM PST by Quix (LET GOD ARISE AND HIShe ENEMIES BE SCATTERED. LET ISRAEL CALL ON GOD AS THEIRS! & ISLAM FLUSH ITSELF)
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To: Quix; Alamo-Girl; betty boop; .30Carbine; cornelis
[ Though God The Father uses anthropomorphised metaphors for our benefit more than a little. ]

Exactly.. About metaphorical inference...
If I say; "its raining cats and dogs"(metaphor)
And one goes running to "the window" to see pets falling...
That one has missed the point wouldn't you say..

Jesus spoke mostly/many times in metaphor.. sometimes anthropomorphised..
BUT many run to see the pets falling.. nevertheless..

Thats WHY I see this as quite a large subject..
And as A-G suggests part of the "observer" problem...

6,037 posted on 01/15/2007 12:43:07 PM PST by hosepipe (CAUTION: This propaganda is laced with hyperbole....)
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