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    Worthiness of worship is a relational, evaluative propert... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Being worthy of religious worship is a necessary condition for a being to qualify as God.

    Worthiness of worship is a relational, evaluative property imposed by worshippers, not an intrinsic metaphysical property constitutive of divinity.

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    • 1.Worship practices vary radically across cultures, suggesting worthiness depends on worshipper perspectives rather than objective divine properties.
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    • 2.If worthiness were intrinsic to divinity, beings with identical divine properties would deserve equal worship regardless of observer subjective states.
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    • 3.Value and worthiness are paradigmatically relational—nothing is 'worthy' except relative to evaluative agents with specific standards and needs.
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    • 1.If worship-worthiness is merely projected by worshippers, then false or harmful worship practices become equally valid, undermining moral critique.
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    • 2.Divine omnipotence, perfection, and transcendence are intrinsic metaphysical properties that logically entail worthiness independent of observer opinion.
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    • 3.Relational properties still require mind-independent grounds; calling worthiness 'relational' doesn't explain what grounds it if not divine nature itself.
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