non-composition

In my gift-ontology, non-composition is the rule that whatever is truly predicated of God in se is not an added constituent, not an acquired state, and not a property attached to an underlying bearer. It is the language discipline that preserves simplicity while allowing real positive predication. When saying “God is good,” “God is love,” or “God gives,” the intention is not to posit a subject and then attach properties. The intention is to name the one simple divine actuality under diverse conceptual aspects, in an analogical mode. Non-composition therefore supports both strong divine fullness and strong divine unity. It blocks the slide into a “God behind God” where essence is a substrate and goodness, love, and relationality are extra layers. It also blocks the deflationary response that would treat all divine predicates as merely negative.