It corresponds to the need we feel nowadays for religion and likewise to our need for simplification. To that extent, there is something obvious about this option, something that seems promising. One must of course ask this: Who or what authorizes this message? Does it carry sufficient authority simply because it sounds plausible to us? Is plausibility a sufficient criterion by which to accept a message about God? Or could it not be that this very plausibility is a flattering temptation? It shows