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    It is not the case that If it would serve God just as well through annihilation, God could cause the same good by causing less pain

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    • 1.An omnipotent being has no constraints preventing it from achieving identical outcomes through multiple means.
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    • 2.If two outcomes are genuinely identical in all morally relevant respects, causing unnecessary suffering violates basic ethical principles.
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    • 3.A perfectly good God would choose the least harmful path to achieve any given good, all else equal.
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