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What does it mean?
God creates the world because He feels lonely, stepping out into space to make something.
In plain terms
God made the world because He was lonely.
What can you take from it?
Creation stems from a desire to end loneliness.

Where it applies

  • theological discussion
  • mythology analysis
  • creation stories

Putting it to work

  • writing creation myths
  • discussing divine motives
  • exploring loneliness

Questions to consider

  • Why would God need a world?
  • Is loneliness a creative force?

Another view

Attributing human loneliness to God anthropomorphizes the divine excessively.

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