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    It is not the case that We cannot attribute perfection to God

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    Reasons For

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    • 1.We are justified in attributing perfection to God only if we observe perfection in God's creation
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    • 2.There are many inexplicable difficulties in the works of nature
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    • 3.The works of nature are not observably perfect
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    Reasons Against

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    Reason against 1 of 2
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    • 1.Any concept of 'perfection' meaningful to finite human minds is necessarily derived from and limited by finite human experience.
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    • 2.Attributing a humanly-conceived perfection to an infinite being commits the anthropomorphic fallacy Xenophanes identified when mocking gods shaped like their worshippers.
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    • 3.A predicate that cannot be coherently applied without distortion from its source domain fails to genuinely characterize its alleged subject.
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    Reason against 2 of 2
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    • 1.Kant demonstrated in the Critique of Pure Reason that predicates like 'perfect' carry schematic content tied to possible experience and cannot be legitimately extended beyond it.
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    • 2.To attribute perfection to God is to employ a predicate whose conditions of application are systematically absent in the theological context where it is deployed.
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