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    If God must create the best feasible world, and that worl... — Carmelics
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    Supports→If the best feasible world contains suffering statistically identical to what HI predicts, HI's predictive success provides no differential evidence against theism.

    If God must create the best feasible world, and that world necessarily contains suffering matching HI's predictions, then HI's accuracy reflects divine necessity, not evidence against theism.

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    Key Terms

    Divine necessity(as a core belief of classical theism)
    The idea that God must exist by definition or nature—it's impossible for God not to exist, rather than being a coincidence or choice.
    Evidence against theism(the statement argues that suffering shouldn't count as such evidence)
    Facts or observations that would suggest God doesn't exist or that belief in God is unreasonable.
    Feasible world(as used in arguments about whether God would create the best possible universe)
    A possible version of reality that could actually exist given the laws of logic and nature—not just any imaginary scenario, but one that's genuinely possible.
    God(Classical theism; used to fix the referent of 'G' in the Bayesian formulation)
    An eternal, personal being of maximal power, knowledge, and goodness who created the universe

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    HI(as a shorthand for a particular theological explanation)
    An abbreviation for 'Theistic Hypothesis' or a specific explanation for why evil exists in the world (often called the 'free will defense' or similar).
    Necessity/Necessarily(the statement says suffering is necessarily contained in the best possible world)
    Something that must be true or must happen; it couldn't be any other way.
    theism(Distinguished from monotheism as a weaker claim about the number of divine beings.)
    The position that at least one god exists.

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