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    A being can be functionally or modally divisible—admittin... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→God cannot be divisible

    A being can be functionally or modally divisible—admitting real internal distinctions—without being divisible into separable, independent substances.

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    • 1.Functional distinctions (like cognitive vs. emotional capacities) are empirically real yet don't require metaphysically separate substances.
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    • 2.Modal properties (what something can do) can differ within one entity; a mind can be divisible in powers without divisible in essence.
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    • 3.The Trinity doctrine exemplifies real distinctions in persons/functions within one divine substance, supporting coherence of this model.
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    • 1.If distinctions are 'real,' they must ontologically ground somewhere; calling them merely 'functional' risks reducing them to appearance.
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    • 2.Modal divisibility (having distinct capacities) logically requires underlying compositional structure, implying some form of substrative division.
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    • 3.The claim conflates conceptual distinctions we draw with objective metaphysical divisions—the former doesn't establish the latter's reality.
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