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    On Leibnizian grounds, even a perfectly good God might ac... — Carmelics
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    Supports→The hypothesis of indifference (HI) does not clearly entail the negation of theism (T).

    On Leibnizian grounds, even a perfectly good God might actualize a world whose surface distribution of goods and evils is indistinguishable from one produced by blind forces.

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    • 1.God's goodness involves maximizing overall metaphysical perfection across all possible worlds, not minimizing surface suffering in one world.
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    • 2.A world with apparent randomness but greater total harmony (including non-sensible goods) can be more perfect than one optimized for visible justice.
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    • 3.Leibniz's pre-established harmony allows God to create worlds where local evil distribution doesn't reflect divine intention or goodness directly.
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    • 1.If God is omnibenevolent, that property should constrain which worlds are actualized independent of abstract metaphysical calculus.
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    • 2.Claiming indistinguishability from blind forces undermines theodicy's core function: explaining why a good God permits visible suffering.
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    • 3.Invoking non-apparent goods to justify apparent randomness risks making 'divine goodness' unfalsifiable and empirically meaningless.
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