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SweetFreedom Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe ?
Does "able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe" mean "able to activate the sleeping reverence and awe"?
Context:
How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at
science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought!
The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said,
grander, more subtle, more elegant'? Instead they say, 'No,
no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that
way.' A religion, old or new, that stressed the magnifi-
cence of the Universe as revealed by modern science might
be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly
tapped by the conventional faiths.
Context:
How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at
science and concluded, 'This is better than we thought!
The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said,
grander, more subtle, more elegant'? Instead they say, 'No,
no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that
way.' A religion, old or new, that stressed the magnifi-
cence of the Universe as revealed by modern science might
be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly
tapped by the conventional faiths.
Top answer
SweetFreedom Does "able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe" mean "able to activate the sleeping reverence and awe"? 'Sleeping' is not a good word choice, but yes.
- SweetFreedom Does "able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe" mean "able to activate the sleeping reverence and awe"?
- 'Sleeping' is not a good word choice, but yes.
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SweetFreedomDoes "able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe" mean "able to activate the sleeping reverence and awe"?'Sleeping' is not a good word choice, but yes.
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