Theologians great faiths devised kinds myths show type kenosis, self-e — Karen Armstrong, Spiral Staircase: Climb Darkness

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Theologians in all the great faiths have devised all kinds of myths to show that this type of kenosis, of self-emptying, is found in the life of God itself. They do not do this because it sounds edifying, but because this is the way that human nature seems to work. We are most creative and sense other possibilities that transcend our ordinary experience when we leave ourselves behind.

Karen Armstrong, The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness

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