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    If God depends on the created world, he would need what i... — Carmelics
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    Supports→God must be libertarianly free in his production of creatures—free either to create or not to create.

    If God depends on the created world, he would need what is other than himself to be himself.

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    But to uphold the divine absoluteness, it is also necessary that God be libertarianly free in his production of creatures. He must be free either to create or not to create. For suppose that the divine nature is such that God must create. Then God would depend on the created world to be himself and to be fully actual. He would need what is other than himself to be himself. This entanglement with the relative would compromise the divine absoluteness. God would need the world as much as the world needs God. Each would require the other to be what it is. But then God would not be absolute (Dolez...

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