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OftenBen  ·  3844 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 2nd Bi-Weekly Give Me a Quote from Something You've Been Reading Lately

    "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God." John 1:1

Great verse, very interesting explanation, and I find myself agreeing with a lot of your points, philosophically.

People can say whatever they want about the Bible(Myself included), but there is some beautiful poetry in there. This in particular is a verse that rings completely true to me, with some interpretation. Re-reading Stranger in a Strange Land I always find myself thinking about how words shape reality and vice versa, and 'God' defined as 'Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresence' and how that really means that just all of creation can be interpreted as 'God.' Mike, early on in SiaSL puts it very succinctly 'Thou Art God.' and 'All that groks is God.' As everything does eventually 'grok' in Martian understanding (And language), all that is is God. 'As was in the beginning, is and ever shall be.'