tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593204.post110874448796682949..comments2023-10-29T00:27:50.643-07:00Comments on 2012: "What is it Like?" vs. "What is it?"Ryan Lee Sharphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04483142871305228497noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593204.post-1109297374539286092005-02-24T18:09:00.000-08:002005-02-24T18:09:00.000-08:00You hit a very key point about metaphors. We tend ...You hit a very key point about metaphors. We tend to believe in the names themselves, while all descriptions of God are simply "fingers pointing toward the moon," as the Zennists say. <br /><br />I wrote a bit about the metaphor problem myself on <A HREF="http://frimmin.com" REL="nofollow">this page</A>.Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05772474227432165970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7593204.post-1108766186717290442005-02-18T14:36:00.000-08:002005-02-18T14:36:00.000-08:00YES!!!! so great that you just are thinking this t...YES!!!! so great that you just are thinking this too! i am reading the cloister walk and kathleen norris talks about the same thing. that our theology should be more methaphors. our faiths, our lives, should encompass this. faith in God is a lot like poetry, she suggests, that it is a process, and not about facts. we dont teach answers, we immerse people in worship of the the Ultimate Reality. she calls worship "a metaphoric exchange". i think that is brillant.ashdownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04645904757557336896noreply@blogger.com