The world as it is is the world as God sees it, not as we see it. Our vision is distorted, not so much by the limits of finitude as by sin and ignorance. But the more we raise ourselves in the scale of being, the more will our ideas about God and the world correspond to reality. William Ralph Inge
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The world as it is is the world as God sees it, not as we see it. The world is not always what we see in it, but it's how God sees it, because He created the world in the way He created it. We can't see the world with God's eyes, but when we raise ourselves up to God's level, our vision will be truly clear. Since God has created everything, He can see everything in its true form.

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