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    It is not the case that A God who must perpetually intervene at each 'occasion' is less perfect than one who endows creatures with inherent causal natures, as Leibniz argued against Malebranche in the Discourse on Metaphysics.

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    • 1.Leibniz's solution creates the problem of pre-established harmony: how can monads causally isolated from birth act in perfect coordination?
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    • 2.Occasionalism better preserves divine omnipotence and omniscience by maintaining God's direct causal control over all events.
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    • 3.Creatures with 'inherent natures' risk limiting God's perfection by positing powers independent of divine will, compromising aseity.
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    • 1.A perfect being would create a cosmos displaying elegant self-sufficiency rather than requiring constant divine micromanagement.
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    • 2.Creatures with genuine causal powers better explains moral responsibility than pure occasionalism, which God alone truly acts.
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    • 3.An infinitely powerful God can establish natural laws once that unfold perfectly, demonstrating greater mastery than endless intervention.
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