doubt.”

The seventeenth point:

It may be said: He states:

“If His essence were equal to all other essences in these attributes, He would necessarily depend upon another creator, and an infinite regress would follow. Alternatively, one would have to maintain that contingency and coming into existence do not necessitate a creator, which would entail denying the Maker.”

Although this argument is sound in itself and demonstrates that these deficiencies must be denied of Him, it is not an argument against equating or likening Him to creation. These deficiencies must be denied of Him unconditionally, whereas, regarding attributes of perfection, equating or likening Him to creation must be denied.

For his statement:

“If His essence were equal to all other essences in these attributes”

introduces an unnecessary assumption into the argument and a misleading restriction. In these attributes, it does not entail that, nor does it negate the supposition of equality in other