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    It is not the case that Process theologians (Whitehead, Hartshorne) argue that a God capable of genuine responsiveness to the world is greater than one who is not, invoking a revised perfect-being theology.

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    • 1.Susceptibility to external influence entails dependence on others; perfect being theology traditionally requires complete self-sufficiency.
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    • 2.If God genuinely responds to unforeseen events, divine omniscience is compromised, undermining classical perfection attributes.
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    • 3.Redefining perfection to include responsiveness abandons the concept rather than revising it, obscuring rather than resolving tensions.
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    • 1.Genuine responsiveness requires being affected by external events; a God unmoved by creation seems indifferent to it.
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    • 2.Greater power includes the ability to voluntarily limit oneself; omnipotence without self-limitation is paradoxically constrained.
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    • 3.A God who learns from creation exhibits richer relational capacities than one with static omniscience.
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