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    God does not commit extreme evil — Carmelics
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    God does not commit extreme evil

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    • 1.A being worthy of worship must possess moral perfection as a defining attribute, which excludes committing extreme evil.
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    • 2.If God committed extreme evil, moral language would lose objectivity—we couldn't call anything truly wrong.
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    • 3.Divine omnipotence includes the ability to achieve all goals without resorting to extreme evil, making such acts unnecessary.
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    • 1.Historical suffering (plagues, famines, childhood diseases) appears consistent with God permitting or causing extreme evil.
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    • 2.If God defines morality, then divine actions are good by definition—making 'God commits extreme evil' logically impossible but unfalsifiable.
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    • 3.Many theologians accept divine command theory yet acknowledge biblical texts describing God ordering genocides and suffering of innocents.
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