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sense that God’s
All of this suggests that Plantinga’s inclusion of a fu 21. This means that Oliphint’s view can be seen as a reduction of the meaning of the SD as
a lie? If we take this word ‘exchange’ literally, it would mean that people no lo Plantinga’s more functional approach, these questions are answered more easily.
This latter point emphasises the moral aspect of what happens in people’s lives. to use Plantinga’s words (borrowed from Edwards). Plantinga rightly hardly responded to this aspect of Plantinga’s model.
Finally, Plantinga’s definition of the SD does not exclude some of the properties that Oliphint ascribes to it. In fact, Oliphint’s proposed modification above SD as comprising three elements (the IIG, God’s revelation through his creation, together
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