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    Challenges→A defense against the problem of evil does not require a story that can be shown to be likely true; it only requires a story that, for all we know, is not unlikely.

    When observed suffering appears gratuitous across a wide inductive base, the epistemic burden shifts to theists to provide positively probable theodicies, not merely possible ones.

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    Gratuitous(as used in moral philosophy)
    Done or given without good reason; unnecessary or unjustified.
    Merely possible(modal metaphysics)
    Something that could exist or could have happened, but doesn't actually exist in the real world right now.
    Positively probable(contrasting with merely possible explanations)
    More likely to be true than not; having good reasons to believe it's actually correct.
    Suffering(Buddhist soteriology)
    The non-satisfaction of desire
    Theists(the group of people this argument is directed at)
    People who believe that God or gods exist.

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    epistemic burden(as used in epistemology (the study of knowledge))
    The responsibility or obligation to have good reasons for believing something is true; the burden falls on whoever makes a claim.
    inductive base(as used in epistemology (the study of knowledge))
    The collection of specific facts or observations you use as starting points to draw a general conclusion.
    theodicy(Central concern of Plutarch's era)
    The philosophical problem of reconciling the existence of evil and unpunished wrongdoing with the existence and goodness of divine providence.

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