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Love, Pain, Grief, and Joy: Vol. 1, The Four Loves by C.S. Lewis

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God Is Not Even Your Butler, Right?

When you say God is my friend, there's a possibility of misunderstanding. Lewis makes the industry point that when you say God, the father or Christ, the bridegroom, it's so obviously a metaphor. He says we need to remember some of these other things are obviously metaphors, but you can push the friend metaphor too hard.

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