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    Challenges→The failure of an omnipotent and omniscient being to prevent various evils in this world cannot be morally wrong.

    The supporting argument commits a modal fallacy: necessary goodness would preclude wrong action, but that attribute must be established independently, not derived from omnipotence.

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    Established independently(as used in epistemology (theory of knowledge))
    Proven or shown to be true on its own, without relying on other claims or arguments.
    Necessary goodness(the type of goodness God is claimed to have)
    Being good in a way that couldn't be otherwise—God is always good by nature, not by choice.
    Preclude(as used in logic and argumentation)
    To prevent something from happening or to rule something out.
    derived from(describing where ideas come from)
    Comes originally from or originates in; traces back to as its source.
    modal fallacy(Epistemology and modal logic)
    An invalid inference resulting from illicit substitution of a non-rigid designator into a modal context, producing a false conclusion from true premises

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    omnipotence(Bruno's theological framework)
    God's primary attribute as designated by the Apostles' Creed, entailing that all possibilities are actualized

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