How about: "God is the sun, powerful and mighty."
It's a metaphor. God is like a fortess to which we can retreat.
"The Lord is my shepherd" is a metaphor. It directly compares God to a shepherd, emphasizing his care and guidance for his followers.
Yes it could be.
the spider over the flame
The phrase "hit by Cupid's arrow" is a metaphor that symbolizes falling in love suddenly and unexpectedly, as if struck by an arrow from Cupid, the Roman god of love.
The metaphor used in the fifth verse of the poem "How Beautiful Is the Rain" is comparing the rain to God's own tears of joy. This metaphor emphasizes the beauty and purity of rain falling from the sky.
is this phrase my heart is heavy a metaphor
Clothed in salvation means that you are living for God/Jesus and you will serve him to your dying breath. Clothed in salvation is basically a metaphor for serving and loving God/Jesus.
Its a metaphor
it is neither, it is personification
metaphor
Disbelief in a personal God does not necessarily make someone into a follower; who do you think such people are following? I suppose one might be a follower of Richard Dawkins. But lots of people have arrived at such conclusions on their own.AnswerSpinoza and Einstein did not believe in a personal God. Spinoza was a Pantheist, and Einstein admired Spinoza's god as metaphor for the laws of nature. Deism was popular and widespread in the 17th century. The Pantheist's god as metaphor for natural law, and the Deist non-interventionist god, were both impersonal. So Pantheists and Deists, and a few others, are followers of impersonal gods.