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    Challenges→Eternal truths are necessary

    Necessity, properly construed (as in Leibniz's critique of Descartes), requires truth in all possible worlds including those where God wills differently.

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    • 1.Logical truths (like 2+2=4) remain true regardless of divine will, suggesting necessity transcends God's power.
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    • 2.If God could make contradictions true, 'omnipotence' becomes meaningless; necessity constrains even infinite power.
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    • 3.Leibniz correctly distinguished between absolute necessity (metaphysical) and contingency (dependent on God's choice).
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    • 1.This view makes God's will subordinate to logical laws, contradicting divine aseity and absolute sovereignty.
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    • 2.If necessary truths exist independently of God, they become a co-eternal principle limiting God's creativity and freedom.
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    • 3.Descartes' position (God wills even logical truths) preserves God's absolute transcendence better than Leibniz's.
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