(August 8, 2014 at 5:45 pm)Rhythm Wrote: Perhaps, then, "god" is allegory as well? After all, the same sorts of evidence and reasoning that led Augustine to conclude that genesis was allegory could just as easily be levied -against the entire text, indeed, the very concept-.
Which is how "sophisticated" theologians understand God (until their commitment to specific doctrine reveals otherwise).
He who loves God cannot endeavour that God should love him in return - Baruch Spinoza
