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    It is not the case that If epistemic access to salvific events is unnecessary, the mechanism by which those events produce salvation becomes causally opaque and theologically incoherent.

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    • 1.Many physical causes operate effectively without human epistemic access (quantum mechanics, neurochemistry, gravitational waves).
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    • 2.Theological coherence may require mystery; demanding full epistemic access imposes rationalist assumptions foreign to faith traditions.
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    • 3.Salvific efficacy could be grounded in divine intention independent of human comprehension, not requiring causal transparency.
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    • 1.Causal mechanisms require intelligible connections between cause and effect; opaque causation is conceptually incoherent.
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    • 2.Theological claims demand rational coherence; incoherence undermines justification for belief in salvific efficacy.
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    • 3.If salvation occurs without any epistemic access, we cannot distinguish genuine salvific events from illusory ones.
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