("Good" and "evil" describe the "revealed will of God" for what humans should or shouldn't do, and applying that standard to the "secret will of God" himself is impossible and meaningless)
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Like in my limited experience a big big part of the job -- the point of being a lawyer, the reason everyone tells you "talk to a lawyer before you do X" -- is to try to readjust a client's expectations between how things *should* work and what actually happens when you do things
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That "lawyering" mindset is very much there in religion, especially Abrahamic religion, rooted in the so-called "ancient Near East covenant" model The Ten Commandments are a contract God makes with Moses as the representative of his people
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The other stuff is there -- a personal emotional relationship with God as parent or lover or object of devotion But the core is the Law "These are the rules, this is how it works, this is the procedure by which we exchange sacrifice and worship for safety and prosperity"
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