There is a popular quote that expresses the ease with which we can deceive ourselves when it comes to understanding God:

“You can safely assume you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.” ― Anne Lamott1¹

The quote makes the point that we tend to map our own preferences and biases onto God so that our image of Him is really just a projection of our own selves.

Although this quote was mainly about our relationships and how we think of other people, it seems the principle can also be applied elsewhere. In fact, there is probably a danger of mapping many of our own theological perspectives onto God, not just how we think about people.

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