"And the Word became flesh..."

"The word is not made flesh, but the spirit is made stone, music and poetry," said Walter Kaufmann in his "Religion - in Four Dimensions-Existential, Aesthetic, Historical, Comparative" p. 358 (Readers Digest Press, NY 1976). In this book while trying to glorify the Jewish religion, he seems to be biased against Christianity. The above statement seems to reflect that tendency.

John 1:14 says: "And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us..." Yes, it is the word which becomes flesh. Not the uttered/expressed word alone is word. All the words/concepts need not find expression as words. Words are also expressed in actions. One can say without any hesitancy that actions are unuttered, unexpressed words indeed. And the action par excellence of a man and woman together is one of the most powerful of all unuttered words. And this act is nothing other than their conjugal act which gives birth to a child. So, we can say with certainity that word becomes flesh. Augustine in his sermon 293,3 says: "If i think of what i want to say, the word is already in my heart." [Breviary, Vol II, p.98] 11.12.2006