Friday, November 08, 2013

Is there a best metaphor for the Divine?


Is “love” the best metaphor for the Divine or is it beauty, truth or intelligence? Or is it evolution?

Evolution describes the method to the divine goal of these things, which is Godhood. And Godhood can be defined as the zenith of all of these things, love, beauty, truth and intelligence.

Different fields seem to prefer one of these divine attributes as their model, such as art and beauty, truth and religion/philosophy, intelligence and science, and each field seems to love best their model goal.

But does one of these rate as the best metaphor for the Divine? I am unable to choose, so I have to apply them all.

On second thought, perhaps for me, the best metaphor for the divine might be a beautiful, intelligent, truthful, loving and evolving woman. This fulfills the need for a metaphor to bring religion and philosophy back to the Divine supermaterial object. The Greeks applied this quite well to both genders in their sculptures of the Goddesses and Gods.

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