Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all argument…

Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or a figment of the mind. God cannot be sensed as a second thought, as an explanation of the origin of the universe. He is either the first and the last, or just another concept. ✨ Abraham Joshua Heschel (1976). God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism, p.120, Macmillan
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