While reading De Doctrina I came across several exerts that struck me as incredibly odd. Augustine says things like God is foolish and the Serpent is wise more than once in just the first twenty chapters. In my church I know, if you were to say things like that some of the people would freak out, especially some of the elders. But not only does Augustine say things like that, he showed me some analogies that I had never thought of before. He compares God becoming flesh to words becoming sound. At first I was totally confused, but then I started thinking about it and it slowly made sense. When we speak, our words have the same meaning as they did in our head, except now they have a sense to accompany them. When God became flesh, he didn't change from being God. He simply became a form that was easier for us to understand. I get it that that's still kind of confusing but the point was, Augustine said some things that shocked me, but he also said some things that helped me a little.
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