To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Loving someone creates a belief system centered on an imperfect human.
- In plain terms
- Love is like making a religion where the god is a flawed person.
- What can you take from it?
- Accept that love involves faith in an imperfect partner.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is love a form of faith?
- Who is your fallible god?
Another view
Love can also involve realistic partnership rather than religious faith.
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The future is inevitable and precise, but it may not occur. God lurks in the gaps.
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