Ursula Goodenough Quote

For me, Deism doesn't work because I find I can only think of a creator in human terms, and the concept of a human-like creator of muons and neutrinos has no meaning for me. But more profoundly, Deism spoils my covenant with Mystery. To assign attributes to Mystery is to disenchant it, to take away its luminance. I think of the ancients ascribing thunder and lightning to godly feuds, and I smile. The need for explanation pulsates in us all.


p. 11 - The Sacred Depths of Nature (1998)


For me, Deism doesn't work because I find I can only think of a creator in human terms, and the concept of a human-like creator of muons and...

For me, Deism doesn't work because I find I can only think of a creator in human terms, and the concept of a human-like creator of muons and...

For me, Deism doesn't work because I find I can only think of a creator in human terms, and the concept of a human-like creator of muons and...

For me, Deism doesn't work because I find I can only think of a creator in human terms, and the concept of a human-like creator of muons and...