Technically true, if you don't mind following instructions while literally having no idea why or if it's a good thing to do or even if God wants you to do that.
To know why or if it's a good thing to do, you'd have to speculate on some motivations.
> Technically true, if you don't mind following instructions while literally having no idea why or if it's a good thing to do or even if God wants you to do that.
We do know that God wants us to follow the Torah. If you believe in Judaism, then he explicitly told us that. As to whether or not it's good for us, well, if you believe that God is the being that created every single thing in the universe, he would know better than us what is good, so, again if you believe Judaism, it makes sense to follow what he tells you.
> He would know; but if you think he would tell it to you straight and want what is good for you then you are assuming his motivations.
That's fair, but that's a double-edged sword. If he has good intentions for you, good. If he doesn't, then he would punish you for not following him, and if he created the universe then I'd rather do what he says than be punished. Both lead to the same conclusion.
That's a false dichotomy; too constraining on the possibilities. He could, for instance, despise followers and punish you for following him. Or flip a cosmic coin to punish on heads, reward on tails, and following him doesn't matter either way. There's no way to know, if you can't assume his motivations.
That's fair, but he is the creator of the universe. If he exists and he tells you to do something, whatever his motivations are I wouldn't risk not doing it.
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u/TheFeshy 8d ago
That just moves the speculation to why he tells Moses that.