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    It is not the case that Logical completeness requires that a theodicy account for all morally relevant instances of evil, not merely a proper subset of them.

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    • 1.No finite account can exhaustively catalog all evils; theodicies aim to explain the *structure* of permission, not enumerate every case.
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    • 2.A successful explanation of why God permits suffering from disease might rationally extend to other evils without requiring separate justification for each.
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    • 3.Demanding complete accounting sets an impossible epistemic standard humans cannot meet regarding divine reasoning or metaphysical necessity.
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    • 1.A theodicy claims to justify God's moral character; selective justification leaves unanswered why God permits excluded evils.
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    • 2.Logical consistency requires that principles explaining some evils must apply uniformly or their exceptions need independent justification.
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    • 3.If a theodicy fails for even one morally relevant instance, it undermines claims that God is both omnipotent and omnibenevolent.
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