The incompatibility of God and gratuitous evil: implications for the termination of civilizations

Setting aside the discussion of whether the biblical destruction of the Canaanites actually occurred or was ordered by God, there still remains the philosophical question of whether any good at all justifies an omnipotent, omniscient, perfectly good being in permitting or orchestrating the destructi...

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Main Author: Durston, Kirk (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2015]
In: Religious studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 51, Issue: 3, Pages: 411-419
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B God / Evil / Destruction
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
NBC Doctrine of God
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