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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Religious studies
Year: 2015, Volume: 51, Issue: 3, Pages: 411-419 |
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