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    Therefore, the coexistence of omnipotence and creaturely ... — Carmelics
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    Challenges→God lacks at least one of the traditional divine attributes (omniscience, omnipotence, or omnibenevolence), and therefore the God of traditional theism does not exist.

    Therefore, the coexistence of omnipotence and creaturely freedom entails the possibility of evil without impugning any divine attribute.

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    • 1.Genuine freedom requires the real possibility of choosing otherwise, which entails the possibility of morally wrong choices.
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    • 2.An omnipotent God can create free beings without being responsible for their freely chosen evil acts.
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    • 3.Evil as privation (absence of good) doesn't require God's positive causal action, preserving divine perfection.
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    • 1.An omnipotent God could create free beings who always freely choose good, making divine permission of evil unnecessary.
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    • 2.If God foreknows all future free choices, creatures lack libertarian freedom, so the compatibility claim becomes unclear.
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    • 3.Allowing preventable suffering when able to stop it appears incompatible with perfect benevolence, regardless of freedom justifications.
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