A dictionary can help. But the basic method would be, as you indicate, to trace the concept to its genetic roots and show how it is incompatible with the idea of God. (This is not exactly the fallacy of the stolen concept, which is to use a concept while denying it, or its roots.)
I would say that the concept “care” is rooted in the more general idea of “value.” Of value to whom and for what? Obviously, “to God,” but for what? He does not need his creation.
But it’s a losing battle with mystics. God is supposed to be exempt from natural laws and the law of identity. So there is no possible way to accept God for the sake of argument. The theist could always say that God cares in a way you just don’t understand—and that you should have faith and take comfort in the fact that he cares for you.
(Edited by Rodney Rawlings on 4/05, 2:58pm)
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