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    It is not the case that Versions of the argument from evil differ significantly with respect to what the relevant fact about evil is.

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    • 1.The tripartite distinction collapses under scrutiny: any specified evil presupposes a quantity, and any quantity presupposes existence, making these logically nested rather than genuinely distinct.
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    • 2.Plantinga's free will defense and Hick's soul-making theodicy both operate across all three categories simultaneously, suggesting the categories lack differential argumentative force.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Rowe's evidential argument demonstrates that the operative logical structure—whether existence, amount, or type—depends entirely on background assumptions about divine omnipotence, not on evil's phenomenology.
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    • 2.If the argumentative work is done by theological premises rather than evil's character, then apparent variation in evil-focused versions is superficial re-description of a single underlying inference form.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Sometimes the appeal is to the mere existence of any evil whatever.
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    • 2.Sometimes it is to the existence of a certain amount of evil.
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    • 3.Sometimes it is to the existence of evils of a certain specified sort.
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