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    It is not the case that If soul-making requires suffering, this implies a constraint on divine creative power incompatible with classical omnipotence.

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    • 1.Omnipotence need not include power over logical impossibilities; soul-making through suffering may be metaphysically necessary, not a constraint.
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    • 2.A world with soul-making suffering could contain greater overall good than a world with virtue but no spiritual depth or meaningful choice.
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    • 3.Divine omnipotence and constraint are compatible if constraint is self-imposed for purpose; God may limit power to achieve higher goods.
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    • 1.Omnipotence means power to do all logically possible things; creating virtue without struggle is logically impossible, not a power limit.
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    • 2.If God could create morally mature souls without suffering, divine benevolence would require doing so rather than permitting vast suffering.
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    • 3.Classical omnipotence includes power over one's own creative constraints; accepting suffering as necessary contradicts unlimited creative freedom.
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