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     Spiritual relationships involve the whole being;  far
more  than  only  the senses and  intellect.     Spiritual
relationships  elicit  emotions,   but are not  themselves
emotions.    To  deal  with emotions as if they  were  the
reality  (rather  than  elicited by the  reality)   is  to
confuse the nature of personal relationships.    Spiritual
relationships  are  not  seen with  the  physical  senses,
although the physical senses may see evidence of spiritual
relationships.    Spiritual  relationships  are  not   the
emotions which may be manifested and felt/observed.    The
reality  of  spiritual  relationships  are  known  through
participation  in  them.    Thus,  they  cannot  be  known
objectively.    They cannot be the objects  of  scientific
analysis;  or even of philosophical or religious analysis.
Spiritual  relationships  can be known;   they  cannot  be
understood  through  analysis  and  description  of  their
elementary  parts.   They are essentially  whole.    Their
essence  is lost in any attempt to analyze  them;    thus,
they cannot be understood and controlled through analysis.

     When  you  take  a person apart they cease  to  be  a
person.    A   dismembered  body  is  not  a  person.    A
dismembered  spiritual  relationship is  not  a  spiritual
relationship.    No  picture or statue can be  created  to
represent  truly  a spiritual relationship.   No idol  can
reveal  the  nature  of  I-Thou.   Thus  idolatry  is  not
helpful.   Abstract idols are no better than those made of
clay,  wood,  stone, iron, brass, silver, or gold.    They
attempt  to  represent that which is not  created  by man,
through the creative instincts of man.

                                                                                                                               
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