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The Year of Living Biblically: One Man's Humble Quest to Follow the Bible as Literally as Possible

Book by A. J. Jacobs · 3 quotes · Bible, Graven Images, Illogical

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“I think there's something to the idea that the divine dwells more easily in text than in images. Text allows for more abstract thought, more of a separation between you and the physical world, more room for you and God to meet in the middle. I find it hard enough to conceive of an infinite being. Imagine if those original scrolls came in the form of a graphic novel with pictures of the Lord? I'd never come close to communing with the divine.”