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In Answer to the Pauline Principle: Consent, Logical Constraints, and Free Will
Religions, 2022 James Sterba uses the Pauline Principle to argue that the occurrence of significant, horrendous evils is logically incompatible with the existence of a good God.
Marilie Coetsee
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Religions, 2022 James Sterba argues that a good God is not logically possible. He argues that what he calls the Pauline Principle, which says that we should never do evil that good may come of it, implies that a good God would prevent horrendous evil consequences of ...
Bruce Russell
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CORNEA under magnifier: an assessment of usability of CORNEA against William Rowe’s evidential argument from gratuitous evil [PDF]
حکمت معاصر, 2018 By introducing evidential argument, William Rowe opened a new chapter in discussions about problem of evil. Rowe’s first formulation of the problem based on the idea that because “it appears” that some evils in the world are gratuitous then they are ...
mohammad ali mirbagheri +2 more
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A New Interpretation of the Theory of Evolution and its Compatibility with Intelligent Design Based on Peter Van Inwagen’s View [PDF]
Comparative Theology, 2018 This study aims to present a new interpretation of the theory of evolution and its compatibility with intelligent design based on special views of Peter van Inwagen.
Farah Ramin, Tayebe Gholami
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Skeptical Theism, Free Will Skepticism and Atheism: Pondering the Scope of Moral Paralysis
Cuestiones Teológicas, 2019 In this paper, I aim to show that Skeptical Theism (ST) implies the rejection of Free Will Skepticism (FWS). This is so because ST holds the so-called evidential argument from evil against theism. This argument presupposes free will (as a hidden premise),
Rafael Miranda-Rojas
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Skeptical Theism, Abductive Atheology, and Theory Versioning [PDF]
, 2014 What we call “the evidential argument from evil” is not one argument but a family of them, originating (perhaps) in the 1979 formulation of William Rowe. Wykstra’s early versions of skeptical theism emerged in response to Rowe’s evidential arguments. But
Timothy Perrine +3 more
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An Examination and Critique of Paul Draper’s View on the Problem of Evil [PDF]
Pizhūhish/hā-yi Falsafī- KalāmīPaul Draper is one of the most sophisticated contemporary defenders of the evidential argument from evil. In his seminal 1989 paper “Pain and Pleasure: An Evidential Problem for Theists,” he argues that the observed distribution and intensity of ...
Seyyed Mohsen Hashemi +1 more
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Skeptical Theism: A Panoramic Overview (Part II) [PDF]
, 2023 Skeptical theism, broadly construed, is an attempt to leverage our limited cognitive powers, in some specified sense, against “evidential” and “explanatory” arguments from evil.
Oliveira, Luis R. G.
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Skeptical Theism: A Panoramic Overview (Part I) [PDF]
, 2023 Skeptical theism, broadly construed, is an attempt to leverage our limited cognitive powers, in some specified sense, against “evidential” and “explanatory” arguments from evil.
Oliveira, Luis R. G.
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Opaque Theism and Divine Testimony
TheoLogicaA much-discussed objection to skeptical theism is that skeptical theism implies that divine testimony cannot provide us with knowledge. Here I argue that it is not skeptical theism that raises doubts about the trustworthiness of divine testimony; rather,
Erik Wielenberg
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