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    The trade-off model presupposes attributes are separable ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→A perfect being could be omniscient without knowing all truths.

    The trade-off model presupposes attributes are separable modules, which classical theism's doctrine of divine simplicity explicitly rejects.

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    • 1.Divine simplicity entails God's attributes are identical to His essence, making them non-distinct properties rather than separable modules.
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    • 2.Trade-off models (e.g., omnipotence vs. benevolence constraints) logically require attributes to function as independent variables that can vary.
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    • 3.If attributes are truly inseparable in God, trade-offs between them become incoherent—one cannot constrain what is identical to one's being.
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    • 1.Conceptual distinctness of attributes (how we understand them) doesn't require metaphysical separability (how they actually are in God).
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    • 2.Trade-offs apply to how omnipotence manifests in creation, not to God's essence itself—avoiding conflict with divine simplicity.
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    • 3.Many classical theists accept both divine simplicity and that God's omnipotence is voluntarily self-limited, resolving apparent tensions.
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