I imagine that God Himself frequently wants to feel like a king. Why else would He create the world?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- God might have created the world to experience rulership.
- In plain terms
- God may have made the world to feel like a king.
- What can you take from it?
- Consider the limits of human understanding of creation.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why might creation exist?
- What limits do I place on the divine?
Another view
This is a speculative anthropomorphic view.
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