I think ‘straw-man’ is a misnomer. It’s not like I’ve objected to an argument you’re not making. Of course your argument doesn’t state your belief that God’s potential to create was actualized; but, so what? When we discern the premises of an argument we have to take into account all sorts of information not mentioned in those premises.
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