Benevolent Creator God?

[vulcanlogician]

@LadyForCamus to answer how can you differentiate between your own mind in action and a god acting upon you[?]

And what would be the practical effect of intentionally not making that distinction? I actually don't think it would be all that important. The same process of interpretation and disambiguation would have to be undertaken in order to make sense of what it being evocated, regardless of whether the source is imaginal or inspired.

But it IS important, Neo. An interpretation of an experience as "from God" (rather than just mundane activity of the mind) can suggest certain realities or produce biases. I'm reminded of a YouTube series where a deconverted atheist described being in a relationship and feeling that God wanted her to be with this person. In the end, the relationship didn't work out.

From the woman's perspective, the feeling (or inner experience) of God "blessing" the relationship urged her to pursue it. Had she interpreted the inner experience differently, she might have said "I'm just having feelings about the relationship. They aren't from God. There is no divine influence urging me to pursue the relationship."

All I'm saying is, in principle, there is a "practical effect" in interpreting inner experiences as being "from God."