A general problem with much of Western theology in my view is that the…

Carl Sagan
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A general problem with much of Western theology in my view is that the god portrayed is too small. It is a god of a tiny world and not a god of a galaxy much less of a universe. ✨ Carl Sagan (2006). The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God, p.48, Penguin
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A general problem with much of Western theology in my view is that the god portrayed is too small. It is a god of a tiny world and not a god of a galaxy much less of a universe. ✨ Carl Sagan (2006). The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God, p.48, Penguin

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