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How is a personal god different from an anthropomorphic god?
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RE: How is a personal god different from an anthropomorphic god?
You need to draw a distinction between justified and unjustified anthropomorphism.

Clearly there are justified cases, such as when we anthropomorphize blobs of meat and bones, calling them persons.

Other times, we look at objects around us and anthropomorphize their causes, believing people designed them, and not rainfall and erosion.

So not all anthropomorphism is bad, right?
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RE: How is a personal god different from an anthropomorphic god? - by Delicate - December 26, 2015 at 5:42 pm

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