LessonsProof of Mutual Hindrance: Divine Unity, Conflicting Wills and Eternity of AttributesQuiz

لا يستلزم إلا عدم تعدد الصانع، وهو لا يستلزم انتفاء المصنوع
At most it entails the denial of multiple creators; it does not entail the absence of what is created.

If the impossibility of mutual hindrance rules out two wholly independent creators of the same possible reality, that supports the rejection of creator plurality. It does not imply that the world cannot exist when there is one Creator.

Logical precision requires identifying the object of the negation. Are we denying the existence of two Necessary Existent creators, or are we denying the existence of the created world? A demonstration against one proposition must not be stretched into an unrelated conclusion.

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No plurality of creators is not the same as no creation

Proof of Mutual Hindrance: Divine Unity, Conflicting Wills and Eternity of Attributes

لا يستلزم إلا عدم تعدد الصانع، وهو لا يستلزم انتفاء المصنوع
At most it entails the denial of multiple creators; it does not entail the absence of what is created.

If the impossibility of mutual hindrance rules out two wholly independent creators of the same possible reality, that supports the rejection of creator plurality. It does not imply that the world cannot exist when there is one Creator.

Logical precision requires identifying the object of the negation. Are we denying the existence of two Necessary Existent creators, or are we denying the existence of the created world? A demonstration against one proposition must not be stretched into an unrelated conclusion.