In other words, the gods were identical with or imminent in the forces of nature.

换句话说，神就是与这些,自然力量相一致的。

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They tell you precisely what the gases were, what the characteristics of those gases were, and it squared beautifully with all details that we heard about the Delphic Oracle.

他们会准确地告诉你,此为何种气体,以及该气体有何特性,而且它与我们所知的德尔菲神谕的,所有细节都相符合

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Now since God is himself the transcendent source of all being and since he is good, in a monotheistic system there are no evil agents that constitute a realm that opposes God as an equal rival.

因为上帝的力量超越万物,也因为他是上帝，在一神论体系中没有恶灵,能够形成一个可与他相抗衡的领域。

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