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    It is not the case that An argument from moral facts alone to God's existence has limited force

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    • 1.Moral facts are not merely incrementally suggestive of theism but are best explained *only* by robust theism, making the inference deductively near-certain.
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    • 2.Robert Adams argues that irreducible moral obligations logically require a personal lawgiver, not merely a probabilistic nudge toward one.
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    • 3.An argument whose conclusion is the uniquely adequate explanation of its premises carries maximal, not marginal, inferential force.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.C.S. Lewis and G.E.M. Anscombe both argued that the very concept of moral obligation is unintelligible without a commander, making theism conceptually necessary rather than merely probable.
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    • 2.When a premise entails a conclusion as a condition of its own coherence, the resulting argument is not weak but analytically compelling.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Moral facts as such increase the likelihood of theism only a little
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    • 2.Arguments that provide only marginal probabilistic support are not powerful arguments for a conclusion
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