Biblical-studies Quote by Terence E. Fretheim
![“[T]he creativity of the human creature is such that genuinely new realities are regularly brought into being.” quote by Terence E. Fretheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c27/terence-e-fretheim-34120_biblical-studies_t-he-creativity-of-the-human-creature-is_3076685.jpg)
““[T]he creativity of the human creature is such that genuinely new realities are regularly brought into being.””
““[T]he creativity of the human creature is such that genuinely new realities are regularly brought into being.””
![“[T]he effect of the creation, all its majesty for the feelings and the imagination, is quite lost if the production of the world … is not taken in its real sense.” quote by Ludwig Feuerbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/87d/ludwig-feuerbach-3406_a-part_t-he-effect-of-the-creation-all-its-maje_2517540.jpg)
![“[…] he is the artist of his own life, and created it for himself every hours to suit his latest whim.” quote by Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a78/fyodor-dostoevsky-342_art_he-is-the-artist-of-his-own-life-and-cre_2868398.jpg)
![“[...] he is the artist of his own life, and creates it for himself every hour to suit his latest whim.” quote by Fyodor Dostoyevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/214/fyodor-dostoyevsky-94_art_he-is-the-artist-of-his-own-life-and-cre_1471485.jpg)
![“[T]he great, irreplaceable potentiality of fiction is that it makes possible the imagining of possibilities.” quote by Amitav Ghosh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/0a8/amitav-ghosh-16648_fiction_t-he-great-irreplaceable-potentiality-of_1328854.jpg)
![“[T]he pied beauty of humanity should not be carved into acceptable and unacceptable based on things that simply make us who we are.” quote by Andrew Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/764/andrew-sullivan-4198_beauty_t-he-pied-beauty-of-humanity-should-not_1035592.jpg)
![“[T]he man who meditates is a depraved animal.” quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/470/jean-jacques-rousseau-418_reflection_t-he-man-who-meditates-is-a-depraved-ani_1786032.jpg)
![“God works creatively with already existing realities to bring about newness. This understanding also entails the idea that the present (and future) is not wholly determined by the past; God does bring the "new" into existence. [...] God also creates in and through creaturely activity.” quote by Terence E. Fretheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4c6/terence-e-fretheim-34120_biblical-studies_god-works-creatively-with-already-existi_231398.jpg)
![“[C]reation" is not simply viewed as a matter of origination or a divine activity chronologically set only "in the beginning.” quote by Terence E. Fretheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a0d/terence-e-fretheim-34120_biblical-studies_c-reation-is-not-simply-viewed-as-a-matt_244109.jpg)
![“[T]hese people lived close to the ground, if you will, and the natural world filled their lives. Creation was a lived reality for them prior to the development of specific ideas about creation.” quote by Terence E. Fretheim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1a0/terence-e-fretheim-34120_biblical-studies_t-hese-people-lived-close-to-the-ground_3106359.jpg)
