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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Main Author: Frances, Bryan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2024
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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