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    It is not the case that A causally efficacious event that operates independently of any epistemic relation to its beneficiaries resembles magic more than rational soteriology.

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    • 1.Many natural causes (gravity, photosynthesis, digestion) causally benefit us despite our epistemic opacity to them; they aren't magical.
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    • 2.Rational soteriology can include grace or divine action that operates beyond human comprehension while remaining non-magical through intent and nature.
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    • 3.The claim conflates epistemic accessibility with rational justification; some causes are justified independent of beneficiary understanding.
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    • 1.Rational agency requires understanding how benefits causally reach us; opaque causation undermines rational consent and autonomy.
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    • 2.Soteriology traditionally emphasizes transformation through knowledge or faith; purely external causation bypasses this epistemic dimension.
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    • 3.Magic is defined by efficacy without intelligible mechanism; causation independent of beneficiary understanding matches this definition.
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