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    It is not the case that Libertarian free will requires that God permit creatures to choose evil, making divine non-intervention a logical necessity, not an attribute deficiency.

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    • 1.An omnipotent God could create beings with libertarian free will who never actually choose evil—possibility ≠ necessity.
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    • 2.Presenting non-intervention as logically necessary rather than chosen obscures that God still ultimately permits evil, accepting responsibility.
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    • 3.Many compatibilist accounts preserve meaningful freedom without requiring unguided choice, undermining the dichotomy this claim assumes.
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    • 1.Genuine choice requires real alternative possibilities; if God prevents evil choices, creatures lack authentic agency over their decisions.
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    • 2.A world with free creatures who sometimes choose evil is more valuable than one with unfree automatons, justifying divine restraint.
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    • 3.God's omnipotence includes logical limits; creating free beings who cannot choose evil is contradictory, not a divine power.
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