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    It is not the case that If a coherent concept of God can be constructed that excludes worship-worthiness, then worship-worthiness is not a necessary condition for qualifying as God.

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    • 1.Worship-worthiness (moral perfection, supreme power) may be constitutive to 'God' itself—like 'bachelor' requiring unmarried status by definition.
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    • 2.A concept of 'God' lacking worship-worthiness collapses into something else (nature, artifact, force); it's not a concept of God but conceptual drift.
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    • 3.Coherence doesn't preserve reference: a coherent concept of 'God-without-worship-worthiness' may be logically sound but fail to denote actual divinity.
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    • 1.Conceptual coherence is logically independent from metaphysical necessity—a concept can be internally consistent without all properties being essential.
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    • 2.Historical theology includes divine concepts (e.g., impersonal forces, abstract principles) that lack worship-worthiness, yet claim godhood status.
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    • 3.Necessity claims require demonstration across all possible worlds; one coherent counterexample suffices to show a property isn't necessary.
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