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Re:Aleister Crowley and William Butler Yeats Get into an Occ... by mock-possum on Thursday June 15, 2023 @06:55PM (#36347908)
If you lack understanding of the truth, and can only refer to it through metaphor, then how do you know it is true?
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Re:Aleister Crowley and William Butler Yeats Get into an Occ... by Simon_O_Rourke on Friday June 16, 2023 @02:23AM (#36352239)
> If you lack understanding of the truth, and can only refer to it through metaphor, then how do you know it is true?

Sure, then why bother systematizing its study in theology, would it be better to just study English language usage of metaphor?

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