Imagine two men standing on a street corner waiting for the light to change. Imagine a child running out into the street in front of an oncoming bus. Imagine that one of the two men rushes out and grabs the child and rescues them from certain death.
Got all that?
1.Which of the two men standing on the corner are more important to you as a parent and a citizen and to the child?
2.Do you care what the heroic man ate for breakfast or if he prefers plaid socks? Do you care if he stutters or flunked his SAT's?
What is my point?
The nature of God is a practical matter.
If we are going to die and only God can rescue us, then; end of story. We survive in terms of this rescue/hero God whether he wears plaid socks or has multiple personality disorder.
In for a penny; in for a pound.
What theology seems to do is take the focus away from the child's rescue at the hands of an heroic actor and places the importance on the personality of the actor.
In my world, I think we are all children running into traffic constantly. If we expect to be rescued we are in big trouble. But, if it does happen...I don't think it should matter very much what the nature of our rescuer is. Just get ready to thank him!
Religion makes it very complicated! Christianity seems to make it the child's duty to understand the identity of the rescuer and to serve him. Others have the rescuer throwing the child in front of the bus and then rescuing him in order to BE heroic and deserving of praise and such.
What a silly waste of mental effort!