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    Dyads can arise from the inherent combining capacity (sha... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Dyads are a suitable locus for the inference to God's existence

    Dyads can arise from the inherent combining capacity (shakti) of atoms themselves, requiring no external conscious agent as cause.

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    • 1.Atoms exhibit intrinsic bonding affinities governed by electron configurations and electromagnetic forces, requiring no external direction.
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    • 2.Consciousness cannot be demonstrated as a necessary precondition for chemical combination in laboratory settings.
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    • 3.Parsimony favors self-organizing material principles over invoking conscious agents to explain observable physical phenomena.
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    • 1.Shakti's invocation as 'inherent capacity' relocates rather than eliminates the explanatory burden—what grounds shakti itself?
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    • 2.The claim conflates physical laws (describing how atoms combine) with causation (explaining why those laws obtain and operate).
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    • 3.Even if dyads form without conscious intent, this doesn't preclude consciousness as the deeper metaphysical ground of natural laws themselves.
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