"What my research has brought me to believe is this," Katherine said. "God is very real — a mental energy that pervades everything. And we, as human beings, have been created in that image —"
"I'm sorry?" Langdon interrupted. "Created in the image of . . . mental energy?"
"Exactly. Our physical bodies have evolved over the ages, but it was our minds that were created in the image of God. We've been reading the Bible too literally. We learn that God created us in his image, but it's not our physical bodies that resemble God, it's our minds."
Langdon was silent now, fully engrossed.
"This is a great gift, Robert, and God is waiting for us to understand it. All around the world, we are gazing skyward, waiting for God . . . never realizing that God is waiting for us."
Conversation between fictional characters Smithsonian Institution-sponsored Noetic scientist Katherine Solomon and Harvard University symbologist Robert Langdon
The Lost Symbol
Dan Brown
Pages 628-629
"I'm sorry?" Langdon interrupted. "Created in the image of . . . mental energy?"
"Exactly. Our physical bodies have evolved over the ages, but it was our minds that were created in the image of God. We've been reading the Bible too literally. We learn that God created us in his image, but it's not our physical bodies that resemble God, it's our minds."
Langdon was silent now, fully engrossed.
"This is a great gift, Robert, and God is waiting for us to understand it. All around the world, we are gazing skyward, waiting for God . . . never realizing that God is waiting for us."
Conversation between fictional characters Smithsonian Institution-sponsored Noetic scientist Katherine Solomon and Harvard University symbologist Robert Langdon
The Lost Symbol
Dan Brown
Pages 628-629
