For what it’s worth, let me just reply to your specific concern here: I think the value of anthropomorphization I tried to explain is somehow independent of whether we expect God to intervene or not. If you are saying that this “expectation” may be an undesirable side-effect, then that may be so for some people, but that does not directly contradict my argument. What do you think?
I think it’s hard to belief in an anthropomorphizated God and not expect him to do anything.
If you believe that God has agency and won’t do anything to prevent very bad outcomes, then that implies a lot of other beliefs about how God doesn’t care about you enough to prevent any suffering. That does reduce the value you might get from feeling a personal relationship with that agency.
For what it’s worth, let me just reply to your specific concern here: I think the value of anthropomorphization I tried to explain is somehow independent of whether we expect God to intervene or not. If you are saying that this “expectation” may be an undesirable side-effect, then that may be so for some people, but that does not directly contradict my argument. What do you think?
I think it’s hard to belief in an anthropomorphizated God and not expect him to do anything.
If you believe that God has agency and won’t do anything to prevent very bad outcomes, then that implies a lot of other beliefs about how God doesn’t care about you enough to prevent any suffering. That does reduce the value you might get from feeling a personal relationship with that agency.