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The Problem of Evil:

Acta Theologica
Open theism argues that traditional responses to the problem of evil fail to provide comfort amidst suffering because of their notion of metaphysical determinism and over-dependence on Greek philosophy.
A.S. Antombikums
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The Problem of Evil

Faith and Philosophy, 1985
THE AUGUSTINIAN BACKGROUND The problem of evil is raised by the combination of certain traditional theistic beliefs and the acknowledgment that there is evil in the world. If, as the major monotheisms claim, there is a perfectly good, omnipotent, omniscient God who creates and governs the world, how can the world such a God created and governs ...
Eleonore Stump, The Society of Christian Philosophers   +1 more
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problem of evil [PDF]

حکمت صدرایی, 2014
One may have perceptions and experiences in the world which is not agreeable to his nature. On the other hand, it is undeniable for theologians that there exists a Wise, Omnipotent, and absolutely Just God. The contemporary formulations of the problem of
غلامحسین خدری
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Defeating the Problem of Evil with Evil

TheoLogica
I argue that the creation and freely chosen salvation and everlasting bliss of even just one person is a greater good than any finite amount of evil and suffering.
Rad Miksa
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Problem of Evil in Taoism [PDF]

Religious Inquiries, 2016
This paper attempts to present the Taoist understanding of evil. In the Taoist tradition, especially in Tao Te Ching, evil is divided into two categories: causal evil and consequential evil.
Qorban Elmi, Mojtaba Zarvani
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Animal Suffering and the Laws of Nature

Religions, 2022
Two recent atheistic arguments from evil have made much of natural evil and the suffering of animals in their case contra theism. The first argument is that of James Sterba.
Jeffrey Jordan
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Sterba’s Problem of Evil vs. Sterba’s Problem of Specificity: Which Is the Real Problem?

Religions, 2022
In 2019 the noted ethicist and political philosopher James Sterba published a new deductive version of the argument from the problem of evil to the conclusion that an Anselmian God does not exist.
Michael S. Jones
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The Skepticism of Skeptical Theism [PDF]

Pizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- Kalāmī, 2019
Skeptical theism is a type of reply to arguments from evil against God’s existence. The skeptical theist declines to accept a premiss of some such argument, professing ignorance, for example, about whether God is justified in permitting certain evils or ...
Edward Wierenga
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A Moral Criticism of Contemporary Islamic Philosophy's Responses (According to Tabatabai and Motahhari’s Viewpoints) to the Problem of Evil [PDF]

پژوهشنامه فلسفه دین, 2023
There are three accounts of the problem of evil: (1) Logical problem of evil (The logical incompatibility between the existence of God and His attributes and the existence of evil); (2) The evidential problem of evil (Evil as evidence against the ...
Zahra Yahyapour, Naimeh Pourmohammadi, Malek Hosseini   +2 more
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Causal Connections, Logical Connections, and Skeptical Theism: There Is No Logical Problem of Evil

Religions, 2022
In this paper, I consider Sterba’s recent criticism of skeptical theism in context of his argument from evil. I show that Sterba’s criticism of skeptical theism shares an undesirable trait with all past criticisms of skeptical theism: it fails.
Perry Hendricks
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