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    It is not the case that God's rational conduct sets the model for proper human action.

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    • 1.Divine attributes like omnipotence, omniscience, and impassibility place God categorically beyond human conditions of action.
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    • 2.A model for action must share enough structural similarity with the agent to make imitation coherent and action-guiding.
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    • 3.Therefore, God's rational conduct cannot function as a genuine model for human action without collapsing morally relevant differences between divine and human agency.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Kierkegaard's teleological suspension of the ethical demonstrates that paradigmatic divine action can demand suspension of rational-moral norms, not their fulfillment.
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    • 2.If exemplary divine conduct includes commands like the binding of Isaac, then divine action undermines rather than grounds universal rational ethics.
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    • 3.A model that generates contradictory action-guidance across cases fails as a coherent normative standard for human conduct.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.God acts on reason rather than passionate anger or impulse.
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    • 2.Actions grounded in reason rather than impulse are error-free and exemplary.
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