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    If God shares no properties with creatures, then God is w... — Carmelics
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    Supports→There must be some properties that God and creatures share.

    If God shares no properties with creatures, then God is wholly other than creatures and out of all relation to them.

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    So far we have explored how God can be (i) identical to his nature, (ii) identical to his existence, and (iii) such that his omni-attributes are identical to one another. But a very serious problem remains, a problem that arises when we consider properties shared by God and creatures. It is obvious that the divine perfections cannot be shared with creatures: only God is perfectly powerful, wise, good, and so on. But there must be some properties that God and creatures share if God is not to be a wholly other than creatures and out of all relation to them. These shared properties, however, pose...

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