If we also postulate the existence of deity that is omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent--limitless in every conceivable way, in other words--then there is no logical problem in imagining that the active interest taken by the deity in creation would be likewise limitless.
Again, ability does not equal interest. As I said above, we are able to go step on anthills, but why would we?
Sure, God would have the ability to inspect every last nook and cranny of the universe; it doesn't suggest that he would do so.
I have shown you that in rejecting this idea you are asserting a limit on divine 'care,' not its absence as you said at first.
No, I'm asserting that God's total interest is not automatically suggested by the premise, as you say it is.
And if to comes out pirple or chartreuse or candy-cane striped, you will care very much about that, too.
This, like the later cancer cells, relies on situations in which I can be hurt by a lack of interest or caring on my part. God, as always, is omnipotent, and can not be hurt.
So as far as God's concerned, there are no purple shits, or cancerous cells. There's only a normal dump and harmless mold.
A deity that could bring a universe into being is under no compulsions of any sort, whether of a biological nature or any other kind, because it is under no imaginable constraints. All actions would be voluntary.
Even then, I might etch a drawing in the sand with my foot while waiting for the bus. It's voluntary, so clearly I want to make it, but there's no impetus to check up on it once it's there. In fact, more than likely, it'll be ruined by the next time I see it. But so what?
The fact of God's omnipotence goes both ways. If God can do anything without effort, then the act of creating the universe might well be of no more interest to him than shuffling his foot around in the sand, and making pretty patterns. Nice while he's doing it, but of no interest when it's done.
Why should the source of the universe bear much resemblance to us?
*shrugs*
No real reason. But if it doesn't, then any questioning of its desires is meaningless; we can't hope to understand them one way or the other.
Edited by Dan Carroll, : No reason given.
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