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    It is not the case that The story involved in a defense must be one that is likely to be true.

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    Reasons For

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    Reason for 1 of 2
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    • 1.A defense requires only logical possibility, not epistemic probability, since its sole purpose is defeating a modal claim about incompatibility.
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    • 2.Plantinga's free will defense succeeds by showing God and evil are co-possible, never asserting the story is likely or actually true.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Requiring likelihood conflates a defense with a theodicy, collapsing a crucial distinction in the literature since Plantinga's 'God and Other Minds'.
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    • 2.The evidential burden placed on a defense by a likelihood requirement improperly shifts the dialectical obligation back onto the theist.
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    Reasons Against

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    • The previous two suggestions about what a defense requires have apparently failed.
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