The church teaches, I believe, that we are tested for faith. As far as I can tell, from the church point of view, that may be completely independent of of rationality. That is, rationality per se is not tested for.Nimrod wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 4:06 pmWell, then for what are we tested by god in this 'mortal probation' before we'll be entrusted with this massive god power? Acting rationally or irrationally?malkie wrote: ↑Tue Mar 14, 2023 4:01 pm
Even if, for the sake of argument, we accept that tenet, I can see no reason to suggest that that would not be possible for a rational and benevolent person to become an irrational and evil god.
It may be a bit like expecting to predict what kind of adult a baby may become, but without knowing what range of possibilities are involved in becoming an adult.
We cannot possibly know what changes may occur for a person to become a god whose ways, we are told, are not our ways. Rationality, to a god, may be entirely different from rationality as defined by a human.
For me, that makes an evil and irrational god completely conceivable.
From my own experience I would say that the test tends towards (and certainly does not rule out) irrationality.