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    Challenges→Negative attributes of God should be interpreted as negations of similarity, i.e., expressions of incomparability

    If negations are merely expressions of incomparability, they collapse into a form of agnosticism that cannot ground the religious and liturgical practices that theological language is meant to support.

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    Ground (or grounding)(explaining what provides the basis for requirements)
    To serve as the foundation or reason for something; to explain why something is true or obligatory.
    Theological language(theology and philosophy)
    Words and statements used to talk about God and religion, and the question of whether we can ever truly describe God accurately.
    agnosticism(One sense of the word agnosticism)
    The position that neither theism nor atheism is known
    incomparability(Presented as a feature the view can accommodate, not a defect.)
    A situation in which an agent cannot rank or choose between two options because the desires grounding each track wholly distinct intrinsic natures, yielding no common measure.
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    Formal religious rituals and ceremonies performed in worship, like prayers, hymns, and sacraments.
    negations(in theology and logic)
    Statements that deny or reject something—saying what something is NOT rather than what it IS.

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