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    It is not the case that Establishing harmony between philosophy and religion on the issue of free will is essential.

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    • 1.Hard incompatibilists like Derk Pereboom argue that robust free will is incoherent regardless of theological commitments.
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    • 2.If free will cannot be philosophically defended on its own terms, harmonizing it with religious doctrine merely compounds an error.
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    • 3.Religious practice can retain meaning through consequentialist or virtue-based frameworks that require no robust libertarian free will.
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    • 1.Theological voluntarism (Duns Scotus, Ockham) holds that God's absolute will supersedes rational harmony-seeking between faith and reason.
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    • 2.If divine omnipotence entails that God could ordain contradictions, then systematic reconciliation of philosophy and religion is presumptuous.
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    • 1.On the issue of free will, philosophical speculation and religious practice intertwine
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    • 2.Religious life is pointless if man is not free to choose
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