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    It is not the case that If fabricated ideas like a 'highest existing horse' can mimic the logical structure of true natures, the distinction fails to secure God's unique ontological status.

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    • 1.God's logical structure differs fundamentally: God requires necessity-of-existence, while 'highest horse' remains contingent by definition.
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    • 2.Conceptual mimicry of logical form doesn't prove equivalence; a perfect architectural blueprint isn't an actual building.
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    • 3.The argument conflates what can be *thought consistently* with what ontology permits, ignoring thought-independence as a criterion.
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    • 1.If logical structure alone determines ontological status, fabricated concepts matching God's formal properties claim equal reality.
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    • 2.A 'highest existing horse' satisfies the same logical predicates (maximality, necessity, uniqueness) as classical theistic God-concepts.
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    • 3.Without grounding in mind-independent reality, structural similarity collapses the distinction between actual and merely conceivable beings.
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