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    Absence Theory entails that finite things have a degree o... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→God creates beings that are essentially evil.

    Absence Theory entails that finite things have a degree of evil in virtue of not being at the top of the chain of being.

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    A lingering problem in the theistic context, however, is that Absence Theory entails that finite things have a degree of evil just in virtue of not being at the top of the chain. So even if God does not create evil (because absence is uncreated), God creates beings that are essentially evil.

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