But much more important than number was the fact that this god was outside of and above nature.

比神数量上的改变更重要的是，他们认为神凌驾于自然之上。

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Cattle left outdoors to fend for themselves thrived on this god-given hay.

在户外放养靠自己觅食的牛群，就靠吃这种天赐的干草而繁衍。

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This god was not identified with nature.

上帝已经不再等同于自然了。

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Now I understand. God in Heaven has been raising you for this place from the day you were born."

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In the first account in Genesis 1, The creation of human is clearly the climactic divine act: after this God can rest.

在《创世纪》第一章中的第一种描述，人类的创造是上帝最具神性的行为：,在此之后神便可安息。

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This God is one who brings things into being, whether it's a cosmos from chaos, or now a new nation from a band of runaway slaves.

这个上帝使是一切得以存在的根源，不论是由混乱而来的宇宙秩序，或者是由一帮逃窜奴隶而来的新国度。

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This god Janus is concerned with unusual death, unusual family relationships, and wanton murder.

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"People are trying to get out of this god-forsaken city, " she said, "and you are planning to come back!"

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"Sadly, this God-given role of the dignity of women has not always been understood and esteemed, " the pontiff said on his first visit to Jordan as pope.

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