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    Challenges→The universe will attain deity as an emergent quality from the complex whole.

    Without a non-question-begging criterion for 'progress' in cosmic evolution, the claim that the universe evolves progressively is empirically unsupported and teleologically assumed.

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    Non-question-begging(as used in logic)
    A principle or argument that doesn't already assume the very thing it's trying to prove—it doesn't cheat by building in the answer.
    cosmic evolution(as used in philosophy of science and cosmology)
    The idea that the universe changes and develops over time, becoming more complex or organized as it gets older.
    criterion(as used in philosophy to describe a test for whether an idea works)
    A standard or rule used to decide whether something counts as true or valid.
    empirically unsupported(as used to critique a philosophical claim)
    Not backed up by real-world observation or evidence; something that doesn't match what we actually see happening.
    teleologically assumed

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    (as used in philosophy of science and metaphysics)
    Assuming that the universe or history is moving toward some predetermined goal or purpose, without having real evidence for it. It's treating change as if it's heading somewhere 'meant to be.'
    teleology(Aristotle's natural philosophy)
    Explanation of natural phenomena in terms of purposes or ends — things occurring for the sake of something

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