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    Supports→The conflict between omnipotence and omnibenevolence can be resolved by redefining omnipotence as optimal power rather than maximal power.

    A being that is optimally powerful and morally good faces no internal contradiction.

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    Many attempts have been made to construct such arguments. For example, it has been claimed that an omnibenevolent being would be impeccable and so incapable of wrongdoing, while an omnipotent being would be quite capable of doing things that would be wrong to do. There are, however, sophisticated and plausible replies to arguments like these. More importantly, even if such an argument succeeded, omni-theists could plausibly claim that, by “omnipotent”, they mean, not maximally powerful, but opti

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