As long as it's read as figurative and understood as anthropomorphism or poetry or analogue; some don't seem to realize that, possibly because human thought is experienced as immaterial.
“As long as it’s read as figurative and understood as anthropomorphism or poetry or analogue...”
Or maybe a combination of all three. To the question of what God thinks...Well, He has expressed His thoughts on morality, cleanliness, our relationship to Him, etc. so, yes, we know His thoughts to that extent. Perfectly? There in Isa. 55 He said His ways and thoughts are higher than ours so perfectly seems out of the question, thus even Abraham inquired about what God would do in a particular circumstance once and again.
A liberty? Yeah, but not so unwarranted.