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    It is not the case that If divine existence is not an abstractum but a sui generis act of being, Premise 3's prohibition on concrete-abstract identity does not apply to the God-existence identity claim.

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    • 1.Invoking 'sui generis' status to exempt God from identity conditions risks making the claim logically unfalsifiable and metaphysically inert.
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    • 2.If abstract/concrete distinction fails for God, we lose explanatory leverage for distinguishing God's necessity from abstract objects' necessity.
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    • 3.The claim merely relocates the problem: explaining how a 'sui generis act' coherently identifies with something—God—requires the very principles invoked to avoid.
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    • 1.Metaphysical categories (abstract/concrete) derive from created being's structure; God's being transcends these derivative categories entirely.
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    • 2.Sui generis acts of being possess unique identity conditions; standard prohibition on cross-category identity does not govern non-standard ontological modes.
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    • 3.Aquinas's actus purus framework describes God as pure act, not instantiating but constituting existence itself—a metaphysically distinct relation.
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