My view then [in seminary], and for the most part, my view now is that the finite can only describe the infinite in paradox and metaphor. Nothing I say about God is an accurate description of God, but rather it is a road sign pointing toward the direction of God; yet, it is a road sign that points in two different directions at once. I can only speak of God in paradox and metaphor -- just as apparently I can only speak of the paradox of God through metaphor. The danger for me is to take those metaphors for God and confuse them with God, fashioning my glimpse of God, my insight, my understanding of God, into an idol.
Posted on: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 15:48:22 +0000
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