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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

神的美善


The Divine “goodness” differs from ours, but it is not sheerly different: it differs from ours not as white from black but as a perfect circle from a child's first attempt to draw a wheel. But when the child has learned to draw, he will know that the circle he then makes is what he was trying to make from the very beginning.

C.S. Lewis 在他的 《The Problem of Pain》有這麼一段:

神的“美善”和我們所謂的美善不一樣,但並非迥然不同:這個不同點,不像黑白的對比;卻像一個完美的圓圈,和一個小孩子第一次試著畫一個輪子的差別。等到這個孩子已經學會怎麼畫,他會發現這時他所畫成的圓就是他最開始試著去畫的。

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  1. Entire life is following the circle...and learning how to keep balance with the circle. It takes lots of practice to make a better circle by free hand.
    Just "better".

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    1. 神有莫大的智慧和能力,但是神的美善goodness和人類追求的美善只有程度上的不同。作者用完美的圓作比方。神的屬性喜愛完美,也愛祂的創造能夠更美好。

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