Ironically, Boroujerdi is a devout Shia Muslim; his prestigious title "Ayatollah," or "sign of God," positions him at the same level as the nation's president, Ayatollah Hassan Rouhani, and the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Ontological (or metaphysical) naturalism denies the existence of the supernatural, of God, a position that creationists resolutely denounce.
It should be noted, moreover, that God's position in this respect is not much different from what it is on the Molinist account.
Another alternative is to hold that God's position with respect to time is such that unlike us, he does not have to wait for the future to unfold in order to know its contents.
Nevertheless, because James did consider ideas to be distinct in some sense from God, his position would be viewed by some later authors e.g., William of Alnwick as compromising divine unity.
But never fear, Franklin has God's position staked out, which would prevent "predators and sexually perverted people" from entering the wrong bathroom.
Hugh said of his father that "To his life of honest industry, to his example of commercial probity, to his high Christian character, to his training, of me in my early years, to his wise consuls, I owe under God my position in society".
This is a noble and, indeed, God-like position.
"Mapmakers have always claimed objectivity," he says, "and cartographers always imagine they're creating maps from some omniscient God-like position.
