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    It is not the case that God must be an agent (have a free will in the libertarian sense)

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    Reasons For

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    Reason for 1 of 2
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    • 1.A perfectly rational being necessarily acts according to sufficient reason, making its will determined by reasons rather than libertarian-free.
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    • 2.Leibniz demonstrated that God always chooses the best possible world, meaning divine volition follows necessarily from perfect rationality.
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    • 3.If God's choices are necessitated by perfect goodness and reason, divine agency is compatible with determinism rather than requiring libertarian freedom.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Spinoza established that attributing libertarian free will to God anthropomorphizes the divine and undermines God's status as a necessary being.
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    • 2.A truly necessary being acts from the necessity of its own nature, not from contingent choices between alternatives that libertarian freedom requires.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Intelligence without liberty is really no intelligence at all with respect to any power, excellence, or perfection
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    • 2.God is intelligent
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