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The Anthropomorphization of God
The most sophisticated theological approaches acknowledge this limitation while maintaining humility about the distance between our language and the reality it attempts to describe. They use anthropomorphic language as windows rather than mirrors—not capturing God's essence, but allowing glimpses that orient us toward the transcendent.
Dialog 5: the Anthropomorphization of God
If God is infinite, eternal, and transcendent—completely "other" than creation—how can finite humans comprehend or relate to such a being? Anthropomorphization serves as a necessary bridge between the incomprehensible and the knowable.
Dialog 4: Ruach
Use "character" as an interpretive lens rather than a strict substitution. Ask "How does this passage sound if I read 'spirit' as 'character'?" as a way to uncover moral and formational dimensions. But remain open to contexts where "spirit" carries meanings that "character" cannot fully capture.
The practice is most accurate when it illuminates the text rather than replaces it—when it helps us see what's there rather than imposing what we want to find.
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