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Re:Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time by joshuacc on Monday March 29, 2021 @04:47PM (#26627964)
And when someone is in love we say they "walk on clouds." That doesn't mean we're literally ascribing the power of levitation to them.
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Re:Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time by today20201014 on Monday March 29, 2021 @05:04PM (#26628151)
> That doesn't mean we're literally ascribing the power of levitation to them.

Exactly, it's figurative language. My point is that when we read in scripture that

> Moses asked God what his name was, God replies something like "I am who am".

the notion of Moses asking God may also be figurative.

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Re:Gallup: U.S. church membership dips below 50% for first time by Smoosh on Monday March 29, 2021 @09:43PM (#26630479)
I always assumed that the "God/Heaven in the clouds" meme came from the same source as Greek gods dwelling atop Mt Olympus being obscured by clouds.
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