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    A necessary condition that admits of counterexamples cann... — Carmelics
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    Supports→Resemblance to God is a necessary but not sufficient condition for a finite creature's goodness.

    A necessary condition that admits of counterexamples cannot also be a sufficient condition.

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    The resemblance requirement identifies a necessary condition for being good, but it does not yet give us a sufficient condition. This is because there are ways in which finite creatures might resemble God that would not be suitable to the type of creature they are. For example, if God were all-knowing, then the belief, “I am all-knowing,” would be a suitable belief for God to have. In God, such a belief—because true—would be part of God’s perfection. However, as neither you nor I are all-knowing

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