There is nothing uniquely poetical about this process. When we learn modern physics, words such as “mass” and “energy” and “time” take on very specific meanings that are expressed in mathematical formulas that convey their relationships rather than defining the terms by reference to facts or experiences. As a student of physics quickly discovers, obvious facts about mass and time turn out to be false, not true. Scriptural statements about God work in the same way. Therefore, sentences that describe