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    Challenges→The argument from premises 1, 2, and 5 to statement 6 is either sound but not heretical, or unsound due to invalidity

    Arius and later Socinians demonstrated that orthodox Trinitarian premises themselves can be coherently rejected, making the argument unsound via premise falsity rather than invalidity.

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    Key Terms

    Arius(as a historical figure whose ideas challenged orthodox Christianity)
    An early Christian theologian (around 250-336 CE) who argued that Jesus was created by God and was subordinate to God the Father, rather than being equal to God.
    Coherently rejected(as a way to demonstrate an argument's weakness)
    Showing that you can deny or disagree with something while still maintaining logical consistency and avoiding contradictions.
    Orthodox Trinitarian(as the dominant Christian doctrine being discussed)
    The mainstream Christian belief that God exists as three distinct persons (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) while remaining one God.
    Premise falsity(as one way an argument can be unsound)
    When an argument fails because one or more of its starting assumptions are actually false, even if the logical reasoning is correct.

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    Socinians(Active during Leibniz's era; represented the unorthodox-theism response to evil rather than the atheistic response)
    A group of thinkers who held that evil is compatible with God's existence but incompatible with divine omniscience, concluding that God lacks knowledge of future contingent events
    invalidity(describing the problem being analyzed)
    When an argument or claim fails to be logically correct—the conclusion doesn't actually follow from the reasons given.
    premises(as used in logic and philosophical arguments)
    Starting statements or assumptions that are used to support a conclusion—like the opening claims in an argument that lead to a final point.
    unsound(as used in formal logic)
    An argument that fails logically—either because the reasoning steps don't follow properly, or because the starting assumptions are false.

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