The 'Loving Parent' analogy

A crucial part of William Rowe's evidential argument from evil implies that God, like a loving parent, would ensure that every suffering person would be aware of his comforting presence. Rowe's use of the 'loving parent' analogy however fails to survive scrutiny as it implies tha...

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Main Author: Jordan, Jeff 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Nature B. V [2017]
In: International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 82, Issue: 1, Pages: 15-28
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Rowe, William L. 1931- / God / Human being / Love / Parents / Child
Further subjects:B Divine Love
B Loving parent analogy
B William Rowe
B problem of evil
B Skeptical theism
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Summary:A crucial part of William Rowe's evidential argument from evil implies that God, like a loving parent, would ensure that every suffering person would be aware of his comforting presence. Rowe's use of the 'loving parent' analogy however fails to survive scrutiny as it implies that God maximally loves all persons. It is the argument of this paper that no one could maximally love every person; and whatever variation there is in the divine love undercuts the claim that every suffering person would be aware of the divine presence.
ISSN:1572-8684
Contains:Enthalten in: International journal for philosophy of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11153-017-9623-4