How Did Evil Come into the World? A Primordial Free-Will Theodicy
James P. Sterba has provided a compelling argument to the effect that given the extent of significant, and indeed even horrendous, evil that an all-good and all-powerful being could have prevented, there is no God. There is a hidden assumption in Sterba’s reasoning, involving an inference from God b...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI
2023
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Religions
Year: 2023, Volume: 14, Issue: 3 |
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modal argument for God’s existence
B why there is something rather than nothing B Grace B God’s redemptive back-up plan B negative demiurgy B the Beatific Vision B the origin of evil B Neo-Platonism B Holiness B Omnipotence B the importance of a community of grace B the free will defense B the Principle of Sufficient Reason B fine-tuning as demiurgic work B God B the mismatch between God’s reasons for creating and the total face of the material universe B abjuration B God’s reason for creating B The problem of evil |
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