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    It is not the case that Therefore, the 'propensity to diffuse' either describes a free inclination or implies a deficiency incompatible with divine perfection.

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    • 1.Free acts needn't arise from deficiency; a necessary being can freely overflow with goodness as expression of perfection, not compensation for lack.
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    • 2.The dichotomy is false: diffusion could be a perfection itself—infinite goodness expressing itself—rather than deficiency or constrained freedom.
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    • 3.Theological tradition permits God's free creative acts without implying imperfection; voluntarism shows these aren't mutually exclusive categories.
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    • 1.Divine perfection requires absolute self-sufficiency; any inclination to diffuse suggests an unfulfilled need or lack within the divine nature.
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    • 2.If diffusion is free, it implies the divine could refrain from creation; yet an omnibenevolent being necessarily acts on benevolence, constraining freedom.
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    • 3.Classical theology holds God lacks nothing; diffusion presupposes a motivating deficiency contradicting divine self-sufficiency.
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