God and Axiology--or, Why We Value the Things We Do
The Theology Pugcast
The Value of Gold
The power of a sovereign state is an analog to the power of God. In some sense, it reflects God's power. So even fiat currency owes its value to its analogical character insofar as it can be seen as a reflection of or a kind of analog tube and attribute of God. The way it presents the light or reflects light, it's weighty. And I noted in my article that the Hebrew word for glory literally means heavy. It's not subject to decay or to tarnishing or this is one of the reasons why it's more valuable than silver. You don't need to do that with gold. Gold is also extremely, it's soft. It's extremely easy to work
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