Theistic intuitions across traditions are deeply divided on whether God creates ex nihilo through discrete acts of will or through emanation, making 'theistic intuitions' too heterogeneous to ground the claim.

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Discrete acts of will(as used in philosophy of religion): Separate, individual choices or decisions—the idea that God creates things through distinct, intentional commands (like saying 'let there be light') rather than through a continuous process.
Ground the claim(as used in epistemology and logic): Provide solid evidence or justification that proves a statement is true or reliable.
Heterogeneous(as used in the statement about diverse phenomena): Made up of many different kinds of things that don't all belong to the same category or type.
Theistic intuitions(as used in philosophy of religion): Basic gut feelings or instinctive beliefs that people have about God and how God works, based on common religious understanding rather than formal proof.
emanation(Fârâbî's cosmology; derived from Arabic root f-y-ḍ): A technical term indicating that X's existence, rather than some further act of X, is the cause of Y's existence — the term names the causal relation but does not explain its mechanism
ex nihilo(the statement argues self-creation doesn't require an impossible ex nihilo act): A Latin phrase meaning 'from nothing'—the idea of creating something with no prior materials or starting point.

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