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    If God's volition is a perfection, then the act of placin... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→The idea that God could place objects within absolute space with one orientation rather than another is not incoherent, but God would lack a reason for doing so.

    If God's volition is a perfection, then the act of placing objects in one orientation rather than another expresses that perfection sufficiently.

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    • 1.Perfections manifest through action; an omnipotent will that never expresses itself would be incomplete or merely potential.
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    • 2.Object orientation involves genuine choices between alternatives, making it a suitable domain for volition to express itself.
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    • 3.No act is beneath a perfect being—all creation, however mundane-seeming, equally reflects divine nature if freely willed.
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    • 1.Arbitrary choices about physical arrangements seem too trivial to express a metaphysical perfection like omnipotent volition.
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    • 2.If any action sufficiently expresses divine perfection, the claim becomes unfalsifiable and explains nothing specific about God's actual choices.
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    • 3.A perfect volition should express itself through purposive, meaningful creation—not random orientations devoid of intrinsic purpose.
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