How much horrific suffering is enough?
Isn't there something like an amount and density of horrific suffering whose discovery would make it irrational to think God exists? Use your imagination to think of worlds that are much, much, much worse than you think Earth is when it comes to horrific suffering. Isn't there some conceiv...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
Religious studies
Year: 2024, Volume: 60, Issue: 2, Pages: 290-301 |
| Further subjects: | B
astrophysics
B problem of evil B Suffering |
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| Summary: | Isn't there something like an amount and density of horrific suffering whose discovery would make it irrational to think God exists? Use your imagination to think of worlds that are much, much, much worse than you think Earth is when it comes to horrific suffering. Isn't there some conceivable scenario which, if you were in it, would make you say "Okay, okay. God doesn't exist, at least in the way we thought God was. We were wrong about that"? Pursuing this question leads to what I call the Problem of Absurd Evil. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412523000549 |
