¥The author doesn't
explicitly tell us, but she gives hints
about God, as we shall see in a bit.
¥Perhaps the author
wants us to think thru certain moral
questions, even experience where they lead, without
being put off by the feeling that this is
something religious.
¥Jesus does something
like this in several of his parables, as
does the prophet Nathan when he seeks to
confront David with his sin concerning Uriah
and Bathsheba.