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    Challenges→Direct empirical encounter with a divine emissary — including revealed law and beneficial commandments — provides sufficient grounds to acknowledge God's existence, authority, and dominion.

    Even if a revealed law produces measurable beneficial effects, this establishes only the law's prudential utility, not the metaphysical authority or existence of its divine legislator.

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    Divine legislator(as used in philosophy of religion and theology)
    God understood as the ultimate lawgiver who creates rules and commands for humans to follow.
    Metaphysical authority(as used in metaphysics and philosophy of law)
    The fundamental, deep-level power or right to command obedience that comes from the basic nature of reality itself, not just from practical effectiveness.
    Prudential utility(as used in ethics and philosophy of action)
    The practical benefit or usefulness of something for achieving goals or improving well-being, based on what actually works in practice.
    metaphysical(Ayer's Logical Positivist usage)
    Language that purports to refer beyond the physical world and lacks empirical consequences, which Ayer classifies as not literally significant
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    (Maimonides' distinction between scientific/natural truth and divinely revealed legal norms)
    Law that, although not natural in origin, 'enters into what is natural' by presupposing a social context and a sense of shame, and which requires detailed study as part of divine wisdom for the permanence of the human species

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