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    It is not the case that God necessarily creates the best possible world

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    • 1.Leibniz's own framework requires that God freely chooses the best world from among genuinely possible alternatives, preserving contingency in creation.
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    • 2.If God necessarily creates the best world, creation becomes logically entailed by God's nature, collapsing the distinction between necessary and contingent existence.
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    • 3.A creation that follows necessarily from God's nature is not a free act of will but a logical emanation, contradicting the orthodox theistic doctrine of free divine agency.
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    • 1.If a best possible world exists, there is no world better than it; but for any candidate world, a better one can always be conceived by adding more goodness.
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    • 2.Therefore, the concept of a 'best possible world' is incoherent, making it impossible for God to necessarily create one.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.God necessarily does what is fittest and best
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    • 2.Creating the best possible world is what is fittest and best for God to do
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