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    Challenges→God can apply the results of Jesus's atoning death and resurrection to people who have never heard of Jesus or acknowledged his lordship.

    John Hick's pluralist framework shows that selectively universalizing one tradition's mechanism of salvation is an ad hoc modification that undermines the exclusivist commitments justifying the claim's Christocentrism.

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    Ad hoc modification(as the type of logical flaw being identified)
    A quick fix or rule added just to solve one specific problem, rather than being part of a well-thought-out system; it feels like cheating logically.
    Christocentrism(as the specific religious claim being challenged)
    The belief that Jesus Christ and Christian teachings are the center, focus, or most important truth around which everything else should be understood.
    Exclusivist commitments(as the religious position being undermined)
    Strong beliefs that one particular group, religion, or tradition has the truth or the right way, while others are wrong or inferior.
    John Hick(he is the philosopher being referenced for a specific theodicy)
    A 20th-century philosopher and theologian who developed the Irenaean theodicy—a theory that God allows evil to exist so humans can grow spiritually and develop morally.

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    Mechanism of salvation(as the religious practice being discussed)
    A religion's specific method or process for how people achieve spiritual redemption, enlightenment, or a right relationship with the divine.
    Pluralist framework(as the approach Hick developed)
    A way of thinking that treats different religious traditions as equally valid paths to understanding truth or the divine, rather than ranking one as superior.
    Universalizing(as the problematic action described)
    Taking something specific to one group or tradition and claiming it applies to everyone or everything.

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