God and Evil: A Dialogue
There is a lot of badness around. And many have concluded that there is, therefore, no God. Why? Because God is commonly said to be omnipotent (all-powerful), omniscient (all-knowing), and good, and because it seems hard to see how such a God could ever permit the existence of the horrors we find in...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2004
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New blackfriars
Year: 2004, Volume: 85, Issue: 997, Pages: 270-289 |
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| Summary: | There is a lot of badness around. And many have concluded that there is, therefore, no God. Why? Because God is commonly said to be omnipotent (all-powerful), omniscient (all-knowing), and good, and because it seems hard to see how such a God could ever permit the existence of the horrors we find in the world. But does evil show that God does not exist? Many people believe that it does. But what might they say to someone who takes the opposite view? Perhaps they might start by arguing as John does with Ron in the following discussion. |
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| ISSN: | 1741-2005 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: New blackfriars
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2005.2004.00031.x |