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Originally Posted by Larv
Oh, and it gets even better. There is Biblical proof for what I claim; it's in John 1:1: "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, the Word was God." This proves, to me at least, that "the Word," or our symbolic language, was what made us human and gave us the need to invent a literal master. John 1:1 does not differentiate "the Word" from "God." They are one in the same, according one author of the Scriptures.
I submit this as Exhibit A that modern humans didn't show up until their predecessors evolved a symbolic language. Not only that, but it was a digital language: "the Word" is a byte and each letter is a bit. As such, God is digital, too, literally lording himself over his analog subjects.
If it were otherwise then why would John equate a byte of our digital symbolic language with the omnipotent Lord of the Sky?
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Interesting.
I interpret (Divine) Word as Voice. That can be understood in human constructs, though I think it plausible to understand Voice of God as with
and without Sound. Hard to conceive of human voice without sound, yes?
I hardly believe that Divine Word within traditional theology refers to our (human) symbolic language. Though there is correlation. I can understand the connection being made. And I find interesting the hypothesis that the rise of symbolic language (verbal and textual) is what makes us human. Though it almost seems disadvantageous from an evolutionary perspective. As a tool for communication, advantageous. As a construct that pulls a veil (of interpretation) over physical reality, it seems not very well thought through. Introducing and allow for idea that the Word is "out there" rather than within, where the Voice is actually heard.
