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    Supports→The actual distribution and quality of intelligent life constitutes evidence against omni-theism relative to source physicalism

    The gap between what omni-theism leads us to expect and what we observe is a genuine likelihood differential that favors source physicalism by Bayesian inference, as argued by Paul Draper's evidential asymmetry framework.

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    Bayesian inference(the reasoning method being used to evaluate the two worldviews)
    A logical method for updating your beliefs based on new evidence: if new evidence fits better with one explanation than another, you should shift your confidence toward that explanation.
    Evidential asymmetry framework(the specific philosophical approach being referenced)
    Draper's argument that pain and suffering in the world is easier to explain if there's no all-powerful, all-good God (physicalism) than if there is (omni-theism), making this a reason to doubt God's existence.
    Likelihood differential(comparing how well different worldviews predict what we see)
    A difference in how probable or likely something is under two different scenarios; if one scenario makes an observation much more likely than another scenario does, that's a big likelihood differential.
    Paul Draper(the philosopher whose framework this argument builds on)

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    A contemporary philosopher of religion who developed arguments about whether the existence of suffering and evil in the world provides evidence against the existence of a perfect God.
    omni-theism(Used as the target hypothesis being challenged by probabilistic atheistic arguments)
    The belief in the existence of an omni-God (a God possessing all-encompassing attributes such as omnipotence, omniscience, and omnibenevolence)
    source physicalism(The alternative hypothesis employed in the low priors argument)
    An alternative hypothesis to omni-theism, posited as many times more probable than omni-theism; argued to be compatible with some forms of theism in which God is an emergent entity

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