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»Sir,-Your correspondent "Nicene" should not jump to hasty conclusions, I am quite well acquainted with the creeds (Athanasian, Nicene and Apostles), but does "Nicene" imagine that God did not exist until they were formulated? Also, I did not say that God was imprisoned in the creeds, but that all the creeds (meaning the different denominations), contrived to imprison God in a cage (or church). It matters very little whether we call God a Force or a Person. What does matter is the effect any belief has on the lives of the people, The spiritual guidance that is worth anything is that which teaches people to stand squarely on their feet and take the consequences of their own actions, instead of asking why God allows a hill which they themselves have created.
C.M.
L.
. (Christchurch).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 9, Issue 218, 27 August 1943, Page 3
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