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    Omnibenevolence is not equivalent to maximizing immediate... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→God lacks at least one of the traditional divine attributes (omniscience, omnipotence, or omnibenevolence), and therefore the God of traditional theism does not exist.

    Omnibenevolence is not equivalent to maximizing immediate comfort, but to willing the highest good, which may require permitting suffering as a necessary developmental condition.

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    • 1.Moral development requires overcoming obstacles; comfort without challenge produces stunted character and shallow virtue.
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    • 2.An omnibenevolent being optimizes for ultimate flourishing, not momentary pleasure; these goals sometimes conflict.
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    • 3.Parents permit their children's suffering through education and discipline; this reflects love, not cruelty.
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    • 1.Extreme suffering (torture, terminal illness in children) seems incompatible with development and teaches only despair, not virtue.
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    • 2.Claiming suffering is 'necessary' is unfalsifiable; any amount of pain can be rationalized as developmental necessity.
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    • 3.An omnipotent being could create beings who develop virtue without experiencing extreme suffering—this alternative isn't available to parents.
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