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    It is not the case that Draper's skeptical theism critique establishes that an omnipotent God's reasons are epistemically opaque, which symmetrically weakens omni-theism's predictive advantage over general facts.

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    • 1.Theism still predicts some patterns (moral order, intentional design) better than pure naturalism, even with epistemic limits.
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    • 2.Skeptical theism's opacity claim proves too much: it would equally undermine any inference about God's character or existence.
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    • 3.The argument assumes symmetry between hypotheses without justification—naturalism faces its own explanatory burdens.
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    • 1.If God's reasons transcend human cognition, we cannot reliably predict divine action from theological assumptions alone.
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    • 2.Theism and naturalism become empirically equivalent when both can equally accommodate observed suffering and order.
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    • 3.Skeptical theism correctly identifies that omni-benevolence doesn't determine specific outcomes without accessible divine purposes.
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