Bob:
In your last post, you wrote:
"...
Even if you were a father of "unfathomable creativity" and "unlimited
generosity" you would still need to interact with your developing and
growing
children for them to reach healthy adulthood. "
That metaphor rings with me. It is a good one.
In the end, anyway, is it not true that everything we can say about God
is a metaphor? He is our "Father," but not our literal father. He is a
"Friend," but not of the kind we know here on earth. Sallie McFague
argues in her recent "The Body of God" that the metaphor of the universe
being God's body is useful, as long as we don't take it as "the universe
is God's literal body." And so on. Ian Barbour's Religion and Science
(1996 or 1997) expands on this idea.
I think you are on the right track here, although I cannot argue it as
eloquently.
Best
Burgy (John Burgeson)
www.burgy.50megs.com
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