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    Challenges→The hypothesis of indifference (HI) does not clearly entail the negation of theism (T).

    It is logically possible that an omnipotent, omniscient, and morally perfect being created a neutral environment in which evolution could take place in a chancy way and afterwards did not intervene in any way.

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    Chancy (or random)(describing the unpredictable nature of evolutionary processes)
    Happening by chance or accident rather than being determined or planned in advance.
    Evolution(referring to how life on Earth developed and diversified)
    The gradual process by which living things change and develop over time, often through random changes and survival of the fittest.
    Intervene(describing whether God would actively influence events after creating the universe)
    To step in and actively participate or change the course of something.

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    Logically possible(modal logic and possibility)
    Something that doesn't break the rules of logic or create a contradiction, even if it's unlikely to actually happen in real life.
    Morally perfect(describing a characteristic of God or a supreme being)
    Always acting in ways that are completely good and right, without any moral flaws or failings.
    Omniscient(describing God's knowledge)
    Knowing everything—all facts, all truths, and all events (past, present, and future).
    omnipotent(Used in the context of arguing about whether multiple omnipotent beings could coexist.)
    A being whose will is never thwarted; a being capable of bringing about any willed outcome.

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    That this argument is valid is perhaps most easily seen by a reductio argument, in which one assumes that the conclusion—(7)—is false, and then shows that the denial of (7), along with premises (1) through (6), leads to a contradiction. Thus if, contrary to (7), God exists, it follows from (1) that God is omnipotent, omniscient, and morally perfect. This, together with (2), (3), and (4) then entails that God has the power to eliminate all evil, that God knows when evil exists, and that God has the desire to eliminate all evil. But when (5) is conjoined with the reductio assumption that God...

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