The proper basicality of belief in God and the evil-god challenge
The evil-god challenge is a challenge for theists to show that belief in God is more reasonable than belief in evil-god. In this article, I show that whether or not evil-god exists, belief in evil-god is unjustified. But this isn't the case for belief in God: belief in God is probably justified...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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| In: |
Religious studies
Year: 2023, Volume: 59, Issue: 1, Pages: 55-62 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Theodicy
/ God
/ Evil
/ Deus absconditus (motif)
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| IxTheo Classification: | NBC Doctrine of God |
| Further subjects: | B
Divine Hiddenness
B Alvin Plantinga B Justification B Religious Epistemology B evil-god challenge |
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| Summary: | The evil-god challenge is a challenge for theists to show that belief in God is more reasonable than belief in evil-god. In this article, I show that whether or not evil-god exists, belief in evil-god is unjustified. But this isn't the case for belief in God: belief in God is probably justified if theism is true. And hence belief in God is (significantly) more reasonable than belief in evil-god, and the evil-god challenge has been answered. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412522000026 |