Tangentially related, but I think the Epicurean paradox is so philosophically solid that it obviates the concept of God as Metaphor.
Christianity has such a weirdly anthropomorphic view of God that just doesn’t make sense to me as a Jew. Even the Rabbi of my pretty middle of the road Reform synagogue growing up was very explicit about the view of God as a metaphorical concept rather than as a literal Magic Sky Daddy, which would be blasphemous in just about any Christian church.
I fucking love the concept of god as a sense of personal morality. Like whether something is permissible is “between you and god.” Or things that are up to chance are “in god’s hands.”
Tangentially related, but I think the Epicurean paradox is so philosophically solid that it obviates the concept of God as Metaphor.
Christianity has such a weirdly anthropomorphic view of God that just doesn’t make sense to me as a Jew. Even the Rabbi of my pretty middle of the road Reform synagogue growing up was very explicit about the view of God as a metaphorical concept rather than as a literal Magic Sky Daddy, which would be blasphemous in just about any Christian church.
I fucking love the concept of god as a sense of personal morality. Like whether something is permissible is “between you and god.” Or things that are up to chance are “in god’s hands.”