The Creator who purports to be beyond human judgment is consistently ruled by human passions-jealousy, wrath, suspicion, and the lust to dominate.[2]
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The creator described in texts shows human flaws like jealousy and wrath.
- In plain terms
- The god in texts acts like a human with bad emotions.
- What can you take from it?
- Divine beings are described with human faults.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is god described as human?
Another view
This depends on specific textual interpretations.
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