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    It is not the case that Therefore, divine freedom from necessity is incompatible with the classical doctrine of divine perfection.

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    • 1.Divine perfection entails that God necessarily acts according to His perfect nature; this necessity is internal, not external coercion.
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    • 2.Freedom from necessity is itself imperfect—a limitation. Perfect beings require nothing outside themselves; contingency implies deficiency.
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    • 3.Genuine randomness or indeterminacy is incompatible with omniscience; perfect knowledge requires God's actions be internally determined.
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    • 1.Perfect goodness requires that God freely choose the good, not be necessitated toward it by external constraint or logical law.
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    • 2.If God's actions flow necessarily from His nature, His choices lack genuine deliberation and merit, undermining moral perfection.
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    • 3.Classical perfection includes maximal agency and autonomy; necessity entails dependence on prior determining conditions.
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