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    If theism requires a God with infinite attributes or know... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→An actual infinity of entities, whether spiritual or material, is impossible.

    If theism requires a God with infinite attributes or knowledge of infinite propositions, denying actual infinity generates a contradiction within natural theology itself.

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    • 1.Classical theism defines God as omniscient, requiring knowledge of all propositions including infinite sets, making actual infinity essential to theism.
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    • 2.Denying actual infinity forces God's knowledge into a finite set, making some true propositions unknowable to God, contradicting omniscience.
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    • 3.Natural theology's core arguments (cosmological, teleological) assume God's unlimited causal and cognitive capacities, which require actual infinity.
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    • 1.God's omniscience could mean 'maximal knowledge consistent with logic' without requiring knowledge of actually infinite proposition sets.
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    • 2.Potential infinity (infinite capacity to know more) suffices for divine perfection without committing to actual infinity as a real entity.
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    • 3.The contradiction claim assumes classical omniscience is mandatory for theism, but finite-scope or process theologies offer coherent alternatives.
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    The contradiction claim assumes classical omniscience is mandatory for theism, b...