He is not wholly other. God irrelevant - Since his existence cannot be proved, there is no reason to think about Him. Omnipotent - Almighty, having virtually unlimited authority or influence. It is metaphorical language, language which in this image and in that unites the concrete and the abstract, then sensuous and the mental, the particular and the general, the subjective and the objective. Metaphors can help scientists understand things they cannot prove.
Humans crave certainty, but the only way to access the unknown successfully is through metaphor.
This allows one to glimpse the truth. Whether that was a happy analogy or not, it is plain that the only possible way in which a person born blind could be given any information regarding colour is by the use of some things within his experience, as symbols working through analogy. Complex systems are usually nonlinear, meaning they are capable of simple or chaotic behavior, or both. Chaos can occur when the parameters of a system are pushed too far. The complex system is extremely sensitive to tiny perturbations.