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    It is not the case that Rowe's evidential argument demonstrates that the operative logical structure—whether existence, amount, or type—depends entirely on background assumptions about divine omnipotence, not on evil's phenomenology.

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    • 1.Intense suffering's reality as morally indefensible is philosophically independent of any omnipotence definition or theological framework.
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    • 2.Even granting divine omnipotence, the sheer quantity and distribution of suffering raises empirical questions prior to metaphysical assumptions.
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    • 3.Rowe's argument works because evil's phenomenology itself generates rational skepticism, not merely because background assumptions structure reasoning.
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    • 1.Omnipotence definitions vary (can God create logical contradictions?), making evil's logical inconsistency framework-dependent.
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    • 2.Whether evil counts as evidence against God presupposes a prior theological commitment about divine power's nature and limits.
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    • 3.The argument's force relies on background assumptions, not observation of evil itself, demonstrating conceptual rather than phenomenological dependency.
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