The Anthropic Argument Against the Existence of God

If God is morally perfect then He must perform the morally best actions, but creating humans is not the morally best action. If this line of reasoning can be maintained then the mere fact that humans exist contradicts the claim that God exists. This is the ‘anthropic argument’. The anthropic argumen...

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Main Author: Walker, Mark (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Netherlands 2009
In: Sophia
Year: 2009, Volume: 48, Issue: 4, Pages: 351
Further subjects:B Free Will
B problem of evil
B Plantinga
B God
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