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    If no possible free creature is transworld depraved, God ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→God would have a good reason for creating a world with individuals who possess libertarian free will.

    If no possible free creature is transworld depraved, God could actualize a world with libertarian free will and no moral evil, undermining the necessity of evil as a cost of freedom.

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    Actualize(as describing what power someone has)
    To make something real or bring it into existence; to turn a possibility into reality.
    Moral evil(in philosophy of religion and ethics)
    Harmful actions that people deliberately choose to do, like lying, stealing, or hurting others.
    Transworld depravity(Plantinga's solution to the problem of evil)
    Plantinga's idea that in every possible world or scenario, a person with free will could choose to do something wrong—making it impossible for God to create a world where everyone freely chooses good.
    libertarian free will(Used to frame the tension between divine freedom and divine moral goodness.)
    An account of free will according to which being free with respect to an action requires the possibility of acting otherwise.
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