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Showerthoughts

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If a God exists then everything humans "create" is like the meme "I made this, you made this?...I made this". (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 6 months ago by SolomonG@sh.itjust.works to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-made-this

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[–] RohanWillAnswer@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Tolkien called this idea “sub-creation,” suggesting that only God could create, in the complete sense of the word. But that humans, being made in God’s image, would by their nature strive to create. Anything we create uses what God gave us and would therefore be a lesser order of creation, thus sub-creation.

[–] SolomonG@sh.itjust.works 7 points 6 months ago

Tolkien called this idea “sub-creation,”

Excellent comment! Thanks for sharing that!