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    It is not the case that God does not save all men because doing so would require ways of willing that are unwise

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    Reasons For

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    Reason for 1 of 2
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    • 1.Leibniz argues in Theodicy that God selects the best possible world, and a world with universal salvation is plausibly better than one with eternal damnation for any souls.
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    • 2.If God's will is defined by love of His own attributes, and divine goodness is maximally expressed in universal reconciliation, then saving all men would align with rather than violate divine wisdom.
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    • 3.Origen and later Apokatastasis theologians contend that eternal separation from God contradicts divine omnipotence by positing a realm permanently outside God's redemptive reach.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.God's wisdom is not constrained by creaturely categories of 'wise' and 'unwise' means, as Duns Scotus argues God's will is the supreme standard of rationality itself.
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    • 2.If omnipotence entails God can bring about any state of affairs, then universal salvation cannot be ruled out by appeals to instrumental constraints on divine willing.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.God is omnipotent and can bring about whatever He wants to bring about
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    • 2.God's will is the love He bears for His own attributes
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    • 3.God cannot, by a practical will, will anything or act in any way that is not wise
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