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Also striking is the way in which Bultmann unhesitatingly insists that "if talk about God's act is to be meaningful it is not pictorial or 'symbolic' talk [sc. designating subjective experiences] but means to speak of an act of God in a fully real, 'objective' sense" (196 [110]). In a similar way, he simply takes it for granted that "faith makes sense only if it is directed to God [N.B.: God, not simply God's act!} who is real outside of the believer" (198 [113]).

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