The Wizard

António Pedro Marques · 07 Mar 2012, 19:47 · from 2012-March.txt.gz

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Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 19:47:20 +0000
Subject: (urth) The Wizard
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Mo Holkar wrote (07-03-2012 19:34):
> I have a different assumption, which is that the various books are testament
> not to the nature of God, but to human perception of God -- ie. it is that
> perception that evolves, not the nature of God itself (which might be
> eternal, for all we can tell for sure).
>
> It seems to me sensible to recognize the books as the historical documents
> that they are ? many composed long after the events that they depict (some
> of which events didn't actually happen) ? and as witnesses of human striving
> to understand the nature of the Divine, rather than as faithfully
> documenting its workings.

I actually find these two paragraphs excellent in conveying the idea.

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