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    It is not the case that The hidden simplicity within the universe (simple early universe and simple micro-level structure) is evidence against omni-theism relative to source physicalism

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    • 1.The universe we directly experience is extremely complex, but underlying this complexity is a simpler early universe from which complexity arose
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    • 2.The contemporary universe at the micro-level consists of a relatively small number of particle types in a relatively small number of states
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    • 3.Given a complex universe, this hidden simplicity is exactly what source physicalism would predict, because complexity cries out for explanation in terms of something simpler
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    • 1.Omni-theism posits a God who could directly create any complexity without needing to embed simplicity as a generative substrate.
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    • 2.If God's creative act is sufficient explanation for complexity, the additional structure of a simple generative physical layer is explanatorily redundant on omni-theism.
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    • 3.Source physicalism, unlike omni-theism, has a structural commitment to bottom-up emergence that makes simple micro-level architecture a predicted necessity, not a contingent feature.
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    • 1.On Swinburne's own principle of parsimony, omni-theism should predict the simplest possible universe God needs to create, not a universe with an additional layer of simple physical structure beneath complex appearances.
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    • 2.The nested simplicity found in physics—simple laws, simple initial conditions, simple particle ontology—constitutes a distinctive explanatory architecture that mirrors physicalist prediction more closely than theistic creation ex nihilo.
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