Some Thoughts I'm Not Sure Are Philosophical
On whether human concepts such as desire, ego and purpose can meaningfully be applied to God.
As humans, we sometimes ask questions like “Why did God want to be known?”, “Why did God want to create?”, or “If God has such a desire, isn’t that a kind of ego?” I think there’s a problem here, though.
We understand concepts like ego, desire, need, and the wish to be known through our own human and worldly experience. So when we apply these concepts to God, might we actually be projecting psychological and experiential traits specific to humans onto God?
After all, we are limited beings. Our perceptions, experiences, concepts, and ways of thinking are bound to the world we live in. As such a being, how justified can we really be in making definite claims like “God is this way,” “God wanted this for that reason,” or “God’s purpose is this,” based on our own experience of a transcendent and limitless being?
For this reason, I find myself wondering whether it’s even possible for humans to truly grasp the nature or reasons of God through their worldly experiences and limited concepts. Perhaps some of the interpretations we make about God aren’t really understanding God at all, but rather projecting our own human thought patterns onto Him.
I also think the question “Why did God want to be known?” might itself be problematic. Because expressions like “to want,” “to want to be known,” or “to have a purpose” are concepts that derive from human experience. Given this, to what extent is it meaningful or legitimate for a human to speak about God’s will, purpose, or motivation based on their own limited experience?