The Idea Of An Incarnation Of God Is Absurd: Why Should The Human Race Think Itself So Superior To Bees, Ants, And Elephants As To Be Put In This Unique Relation To Its Maker?

The Idea Of An Incarnation Of God Is Absurd: Why Should The Human Race Think Itself So Superior To Bees, Ants, And Elephants As To Be Put In This Unique Relation To Its Maker?

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The idea of an incarnation of God is absurd: why should
the human race think itself so superior to bees, ants, and
elephants as to be put in this unique relation to its maker? .
. . Christians are like a council of frogs in a marsh or a
synod of worms on a dung-hill croaking and squeaking "for our
sakes was the world created."
-- Julian The Apostate

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