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    Challenges→It is impossible for God to be a single Person; the concept of a unipersonal God is incoherent.

    The supporting argument illicitly assumes that God's essential properties must be fully actualized eternally in the same mode they would be in time, which begs the question against classical divine simplicity.

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    Classical divine simplicity(as used in philosophy of religion and theology)
    A traditional theological idea that God is completely unified and without parts—God's attributes like power, knowledge, and goodness aren't separate things but are all identical to God's very being.
    Illicitly assumes(as the logical error being identified)
    Makes an invalid logical leap by assuming something without proper justification.
    actualized(describing how a person realizes their potential through friendship)
    Made real or fully developed; when potential becomes actual, it means something that was possible has now become real and active.
    begs the question(Informal fallacy in epistemic justification)
    A circular argument in which warrant for the premises already presupposes the truth of the conclusion

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    essential properties(Constitutive of a thing's individual essence)
    Properties of a thing that it cannot exist without
    mode(In Spinoza's system, all finite things are modes of the one substance)
    A dependent modification or attribute of a substance, lacking independent existence

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