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    Challenges→It is necessary that a supernatural being of some sort exists.

    Asserting that supernatural necessity is even coherently possible presupposes a robust modal realism about supernatural entities, which is precisely what naturalists deny and cannot be assumed without begging the question.

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    Coherently possible(describing whether supernatural necessity can even be understood without contradiction)
    Able to be thought about or imagined without running into logical contradictions; makes sense when you think it through.
    Naturalism (philosophical)(the opposing position to the supernatural necessity being discussed)
    The view that only the natural, physical world is real; there are no supernatural beings or forces, and everything can ultimately be explained by science.
    Necessity (in philosophy)(describing what kind of claim is being made about supernatural things)
    Something that must be true or must exist; it couldn't possibly be otherwise (as opposed to something that just happens to be true but could have been different).
    Supernatural(the subject of what kind of necessity is being discussed)
    Something that exists outside or beyond the natural world—like God, spirits, or magic—rather than being part of the physical universe we can observe and measure.

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    begging the question(Listed alongside equivocation as an example of a fallacy that highlights important issues in real-life arguing)
    A fallacy also known as circular reasoning
    modal realism(Distinguished from views treating possible worlds as abstract objects)
    Lewis's philosophical thesis concerning the nature of possible worlds, specifically his 'form' of it which holds other possible worlds are concrete entities (concreta)

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