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    It is not the case that A God who was less than maximally perfect would be an idol.

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    Reasons For

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    • 1.Process theologians like Whitehead and Hartshorne argue a dipolar God with genuine relativity to the world is more religiously adequate than a static absolute.
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    • 2.A God who is genuinely responsive and affected by creation—thus not maximally perfect in classical terms—better grounds moral relationship than an immutable absolute.
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    • 3.Worshipping a relationally dynamic God is not idolatry but recognition that perfection includes responsiveness, not merely self-sufficiency.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.The concept of 'maximal perfection' is not self-evident but is constructed from particular metaphysical assumptions rooted in Neoplatonic thought, not universal religious intuition.
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    • 2.Aquinas's identification of God with Being Itself smuggles Parmenidean ontology into theology, making 'idol' a polemical label for legitimate alternative conceptions of the divine.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.A God who was less than ultimate and absolute would be an idol.
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    • 2.A God who was less than maximally perfect would not be an absolute reality.
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