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    It is not the case that Human freedom, as defended by Alvin Plantinga's libertarian free will theodicy, entails the genuine capacity to permanently reject God.

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    • 1.If God is omniscient, He knew before creation that some would reject Him permanently; this foreknowledge seems to undermine their freedom.
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    • 2.Libertarian free will is metaphysically problematic: uncaused human choices conflict with physical causation governing human brains.
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    • 3.An all-powerful God could create beings with genuine freedom who never permanently reject Him—so freedom doesn't require permanent rejection.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Genuine freedom requires the ability to do otherwise; a predetermined acceptance of God would be illusory, not authentic choice.
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    • 2.A world with libertarian free agents capable of real rejection is metaphysically richer and morally more significant than one without.
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    • 3.Divine omniscience of free choices doesn't determine them; God knows what agents will freely choose without causing that choice.
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