Why does God need the ambiguity about his existence?
If God’s goal was to put us to the test of fulfilling his instructions against our inclinations, a test of loyalty, or according to Cook’s theory, to make us strive to improve, this still does not explain why his existence is not more apparent to us.
If we knew for sure that God exists and wants certain things from us, we could face a real test: whether we would blindly follow His instructions or give in to our own desires.
Answers like “Ask Him” are a bit strange, because you do use intuitions about Him, for example when you claim that whoever creates something probably wants something, you do assume that God has a similar mindset to ours, when humans create something they want that thing to serve a certain purpose, from which you conclude that if God created the world he wants something from it. But when it comes to questions like the one I’m asking, and then to say that it can’t be assumed, is a bit of an evasion.
I make reasonable assumptions about it, and indeed assumptions that are drawn from our world. But when there is evidence that these assumptions are incorrect, then I have no problem with that.
Furthermore, the assumption that if someone does something, they have a purpose is much stronger and more universal than the assumption that those who want to be worshipped should leave no ambiguity.
And finally, in my opinion there is no ambiguity. Ambiguity is the result of inclination and tendency. In my opinion, it is clear that there is a God.
But there is still certainly great ambiguity about what he wants from us?!
Indeed. But you talked about the ambiguity regarding its existence. This ambiguity is resolved by interpretation.
You wrote that you also make assumptions about God that are drawn from our world.
1. Isn't the fact that He acts for a purpose a true insight that stands on its own even without assumptions drawn from our world (it's unlikely that there was a Creator of the world without a purpose)?
2. Why is it even possible to draw assumptions from our world about Him, and why assume that God acts similarly to humans and that if humans are composed of good and evil, it is likely that God is also composed of good and evil?
Sometimes the world is a source of inspiration for a priori insights. Insights that do not depend specifically on human nature cannot be applied to other creatures. The discussion here is too general and therefore pointless. If there is something specific, ask about it.
I ask about your claim that if God created the world, He probably has a purpose, and that you wrote that you derive this from our world, that this is how humans also act, and that is why I ask 1. Is this a claim that only states that humans and the world act this way (or can it be said that it is a good claim regardless of the world, if the Creator apparently wants something)? 2. If the world acts this way, how do you know that God also acts this way?
I replied that this was a good argument in itself, even if we drew it from experience in the world.
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