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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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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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The Problem of Evil Remains Logically Binding

Religions, 2021
Most contemporary discussions of the problem of evil assume that “logical” formulations of the problem are untenable, and that we should operate with “evidential” formulations instead. I argue that this consensus is founded on a mistake and that there is
Toby Betenson
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The Problem of Evil: A Solution From Science

Zygon, 2001
In this essay, I attempt to solve the problem of the existence of evil in a world created by an omniscient, omnibenevolent, omnipotent God. I conclude that evil exists because God wanted to create moral creatures.
Patricia A Williams
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Human Sovereignty and the Logical Problem of Evil

Religions, 2022
In this paper, I provide a defence of theism against James Sterba’s version of the logical problem of evil, at least where the focus is on moral evil (I do not have much to say about natural evil in this paper).
Daniel Molto
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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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A New Defence against the Problem of Evil

Religions
In this paper, I propose a defence against the problem of evil. This defence does not involve either free will or soul-making, but, rather, is intended as a replacement for the traditional theodicies.
Daniel Molto
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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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