I liked this reading. I liked how it says "But we, being unable to apprehend his essence, use the help of sounds and names and pictures, of beaten gold and ivory and silver, of plants and rivers, mountian peaks and torrents, yearning for the knowledge of him, and in our weakness naming all that is beautiful in this world after his nature - just as happens to earthly lovers." To me, it shows that no one religion or person is able to really see or know God, so we choose things that are beautiful to us to in a way represent him. It kinda incorporates all religions because some religions worship nature, some idols, some the person in the paiting, etc. And really God is more than all that. But i guess it's just a way for us to get a grasp of what He might be.
I think in the end, he says basically that it doesn't really matter how a person remembers God, just so that He's remembered and that the person also remembers love. I think this is important too, because i think a lot of ppl go to church and they really just go because they think that's how they'll be saved (from hell). But if they dont remember God n remember to love, then its kinda pointless... right?
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I agree with you in that it really shouldn't matter how one symbolizes God. That really all it is a symbol to them to remind them of god. Because god is so much more.
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