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    It is not the case that If God has the power to bring about a good yet refrains, this implies an unrealized potentiality in God, contradicting divine simplicity.

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    Reasons For

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    • 1.Refraining can reflect God's actual will and character rather than an unrealized potentiality He fails to actualize.
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    • 2.Divine simplicity permits God to have one unified, eternal willing that encompasses all divine actions and restraints.
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    • 3.The distinction between 'could do otherwise' and 'has unrealized potential' allows restraint without potentiality.
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    Reasons Against

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    Reason against
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    • 1.Divine simplicity requires God's essence and existence to be identical, with no composition of act and potentiality.
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    • 2.Refraining from bringing about a good entails God possesses an unrealized capacity to act otherwise than He does.
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    • 3.Any unrealized capacity constitutes a potentiality, which introduces composition and contradicts divine simplicity.
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