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The Sin of Presuming to Count to Infinity

 If an intelligence infinitely greater than our own exists, and intentionally created us with the cognitive limitations that prevent us from fully comprehending its nature, intentions, or purposes, on what grounds do we assume that we possess such specific knowledge of what it wants from us? How do we reconcile the possibility that an intelligence infinitely beyond our comprehension would have created beings incapable of reaching universal agreement about its existence, nature, or intentions, with the certainty with which some of those beings claim to know precisely what it expects of them? Why would we assume that such an intelligence wants some of its creation to recognize a particular understanding of its nature while knowing that the limitations inherent in that same creation would prevent many others from accepting it? And if disagreement is an inevitable consequence of the cognitive and experiential differences through which human beings interpret the world, why should we ass...