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    An omni-God possessing omnipotence would not require fine... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→Fine-tuning provides more reason to expect a life-permitting universe under omni-theism than under source physicalism

    An omni-God possessing omnipotence would not require fine-tuned physical constants to produce life, since such a being could sustain life under any parameters.

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    • 1.Omnipotence means ability to actualize any logically possible state, including life under any physical constants.
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    • 2.Fine-tuning's necessity suggests dependence on external constraints, incompatible with absolute divine power.
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    • 3.An omnipotent being could sustain life through direct intervention rather than requiring initial parameter calibration.
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    • 1.Fine-tuning may reflect divine choice of elegant laws rather than limitation—complexity doesn't entail powerlessness.
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    • 2.Creating life through natural law-governed processes demonstrates greater power than arbitrary intervention.
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    • 3.Omnipotence includes the power to create constraints as part of a coherent universe design; self-limitation isn't weakness.
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