Quote by Reinhold Niebuhr

If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have no moral God.

If we can find God only as he is revealed in nature we have

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This quote suggests that if our understanding of God is limited to what we observe in nature, then we lack a moral conception of God. It implies that acknowledging God solely through the natural world may not encompass a higher sense of ethics, justice, or guiding principles. In other words, without an understanding of God's moral attributes and teachings beyond nature, our perception of a divine being may be incomplete.

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