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    It is not the case that An omnipotent God could create beings with genuinely robust free will who are nonetheless reliably disposed toward good, as Plantinga's own 'transworld depravity' concept is not a logical necessity.

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    • 1.If God causally determines which worlds agents 'freely' choose, their freedom is illusory—defeating the claim of 'genuinely robust' free will.
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    • 2.Plantinga's transworld depravity follows from a sound logical principle: no being can be forced to choose good while retaining libertarian freedom.
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    • 3.Reliable disposition toward good requires either constraint (negating robust freedom) or divine luck that omnipotence shouldn't require.
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    • 1.Transworld depravity is contingent on libertarian free will; compatibilist freedom allows reliable goodness without logical contradiction.
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    • 2.An omnipotent God could instantiate only worlds where agents freely choose good, making depravity possible but never actual—logically coherent.
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    • 3.Plantinga assumes free will requires access to genuinely evil alternatives; God might ensure agents have robust agency while finding evil intrinsically repugnant.
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