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>>Sometimes He fools us with what is, for him, just an illusion..<<

To what end? In the Crevo wars, posting “God the trickster” was always a bad road to walk.

God does not want to trick us. He made a wonderful universe and tasked us tiny Humans with: “Go figure it out.” From string theory to decoding DNA to maybe even the multiverse, God smiles as we learn. He does not plant “false flags.”

And yes, we have miracles and angels who watch over us and other things we cannot explain. It is part of His Plan which we cannot fathom.

But more than anything he gave us the most wondrous creation of all: the brain with which we can discover so much.

That alone tells us how much God loves us.

“...posting “God the trickster” was always a bad road to walk.”

“God does not want to trick us. He made a wonderful universe and tasked us tiny Humans with: “Go figure it out.””

I agree with you, but perhaps didn’t explain myself completely. God does, indeed, want us to use the minds that He gave us to figure things out (to the extent that our minds are capable of doing so - some things are beyond us).

As an example of “trickery” (if you will), is the encounter that Abraham had with the angels after his self-circumcism. They appeared as men, which was a test for Abraham - was he going to be a truly hospitable host for these “men” when in pain and recovering, or not. Well, of course, he passed that test...but it wouldn’t have been a test if he had not thought that the “men” were angels. What God did there (as I understand it) was to deceive Abraham so as to offer a true test of that aspect of Abraham’s morality under the duress of pain. No deception = no true test. I’ll grant that this was for a limited purpose, but it was “trickery” of a sort. Nonetheless, it was not the general rule, to be sure.

Sorry, but you are wrong again! Now I can see why you will defend your church so much as you believe in your catechism of men so much more than the word of God. We wasn’t tasked to figure it out, but to Worship, Praise, and Serve God. Short list of Scripture: PSALM 100 and 33:1-4, John 4:23-24. Acts 2:46-47. Hebrews 13:15, Galatians 1:10. We don’t need to discover anything for all is given to us (Matthew 6:26). The reason for all your discovery is of this world you fill in the rest. 1 Corinthians 3:2