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    It is not the case that God cannot exist.

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    Reasons For

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    • 1.It is possible that God does not exist.
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    • 2.Necessary existence is part of the meaning of 'God'.
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    • 3.If necessary existence is part of the meaning of 'God' and it is possible that God does not exist, then God's existence is not necessary and therefore impossible.
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    Reasons Against

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    Reason against 1 of 2
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    • 1.The concept of God requires the coherent unity of omniscience and omnipotence, but Plantinga and Savage show these attributes generate irresolvable paradoxes.
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    • 2.A being that knows all future actions it will take cannot act otherwise, yet omnipotence requires the power to act otherwise, producing a formal contradiction.
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    • 3.Any concept containing a formal contradiction refers to nothing that could exist in any possible world, so 'God' names an impossible object, not a necessary one.
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    Reason against 2 of 2
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    • 1.A being that is omnipotent, omniscient, and omnibenevolent would necessarily prevent gratuitous suffering, yet gratuitous suffering demonstrably exists.
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    • 2.The existence of gratuitous suffering is logically incompatible with the existence of such a being, making God's existence impossible, not merely unlikely.
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