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    If distance is literally zero between God and all spatial... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Nothing ever moves with respect to God.

    If distance is literally zero between God and all spatial things, God must occupy the same location as every spatial thing, which collapses divine transcendence into pantheism.

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    • 1.Location is a spatial property; if God has zero distance to all spatial things, God must be spatially located at all those points.
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    • 2.Occupying the same location as something means being in that location; God cannot be in all locations without being pantheistic.
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    • 3.Transcendence requires being ontologically distinct from creation; spatial co-location dissolves this necessary distinction.
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    • 1.God may be non-spatial; distance language may be metaphorical for dependence or causation, not literal spatial proximity.
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    • 2.Omnipresence and transcendence aren't contradictory; God can be fully present everywhere while remaining metaphysically distinct from creation.
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    • 3.Pantheism requires God and universe to be identical in substance; presence everywhere is compatible with categorical distinction.
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