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    God's omniscience, unlike a set, is not composed of God a... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The omniscience of God is dependent on God, and not vice versa.

    God's omniscience, unlike a set, is not composed of God as a constituent element but is classically identified as a divine perfection co-eternal with God.

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    • 1.Classical theism distinguishes divine attributes from divine substance to avoid treating God as composite or dependent on parts.
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    • 2.Co-eternality preserves God's necessity: omniscience existing timelessly with God avoids the problem of God acquiring knowledge sequentially.
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    • 3.Perfections as distinct-yet-inseparable from God's essence avoid reducing divine knowledge to a mere possessing of information-objects.
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    • 1.The claim that omniscience is 'not composed of God' yet 'co-eternal with God' appears to assert non-composition without explaining their unity.
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    • 2.If omniscience is truly distinct from God's essence, it becomes a property God possesses rather than an intrinsic perfection, reintroducing composition.
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    • 3.Calling something a 'divine perfection' without explaining how it differs from ordinary divine attributes merely relocates rather than solves the metaphysical problem.
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