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    Challenges→Deity will eventually emerge from the universe as a whole once the universe reaches sufficient complexity.

    A deity that 'eventually emerges' is metaphysically dependent on antecedent conditions, making it a contingent being subject to the very causal order it would need to ground or explain.

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    Antecedent conditions(as used in causation and logic)
    Things that have to exist or happen before something else can exist or happen—basically, the prerequisites or prior circumstances.
    Causal order(as the framework within which freedom operates)
    The chain of cause-and-effect that governs events in the physical world, where one thing causes another to happen.
    Metaphysically dependent(metaphysics)
    When one thing's existence or nature fundamentally relies on another thing at the deepest level of reality—not just practically, but in terms of what actually makes it real.
    To ground or explain(as used in metaphysics)
    To provide the fundamental reason or foundation for why something exists or is true. 'Ground' means to be the ultimate source or basis.
    contingent being

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