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    A metaphor that requires temporal succession is categoric... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→God's giving is better described as lending than as giving in the translative sense.

    A metaphor that requires temporal succession is categorically inapplicable to an eternal, timeless agent, making 'lending' more misleading than 'giving'.

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    • 1.Lending logically entails a future return moment distinct from present transfer, requiring temporal sequence incompatible with timelessness.
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    • 2.Giving permits one-directional transfer without temporal dependency, making it semantically coherent for atemporal agents.
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    • 3.Using temporally-structured metaphors for eternal beings risks systematically misleading audiences about the agent's fundamental nature.
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    • 1.Metaphors need not preserve logical structure of their referents—they illuminate via partial similarity, not categorical accuracy.
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    • 2.An eternal agent experiencing all moments simultaneously could coherently 'lend' if both transfer and return exist timelessly in one view.
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    • 3.Ruling metaphors 'categorically inapplicable' assumes metaphorical language must map onto literal properties, overstating semantic requirements.
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