God And Inscrutable Evil
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God And Inscrutable Evil
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Author : David O'Connor
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 1998
God And Inscrutable Evil written by David O'Connor and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Philosophy categories.
In this important new book, David O'Connor discusses both logical and empirical forms of the problem of inscrutable evil, perennially the most difficult philosophical problem confronting theism. Arguing that both a version of theism ("friendly theism") and a version of atheism ("friendly atheism") are justified on the evidence in the debate over God and evil, O'Connor concludes that a warranted outcome is a philosophical detente between those two positions. On the way to that conclusion he develops two arguments from evil, a reformed version of the logical argument and an indirect version of the empirical argument, and deploys both against a central formulation of theism that he describes as orthodox theism. God and Inscrutable Evil makes a valuable contribution to contemporary debates in the philosophy of religion.
Inscrutable Evil And The Silence Of God
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Author : Daniel Howard-Snyder
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Inscrutable Evil And The Silence Of God written by Daniel Howard-Snyder and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Good and evil categories.
The God Beyond Belief
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Author : Nick Trakakis
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2006-11-03
The God Beyond Belief written by Nick Trakakis and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-11-03 with Philosophy categories.
This study of Professor William Rowe’s defense of atheism on the basis of evil assesses the literature that has developed in response to Rowe’s work, closely examining two strategies: mystery – the idea that God may have reasons beyond our comprehension for permitting evil; and theodicy - explanations as to why God allows evil to flourish. The book unearths difficulties in both, concluding that the God of theism must be "beyond belief."
The Evidential Argument From Evil
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Author : William L. Rowe
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2008-10-17
The Evidential Argument From Evil written by William L. Rowe and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-17 with Religion categories.
Is evil evidence against the existence of God? A collection of essays by philosophers, theologians, and other scholars. Even if God and evil are compatible, it remains hotly contested whether evil renders belief in God unreasonable. The Evidential Argument from Evil presents five classic statements on this issue by eminent philosophers and theologians, and places them in dialogue with eleven original essays reflecting new thinking by these and other scholars. The volume focuses on two versions of the argument. The first affirms that there is no reason for God to permit either certain specific horrors or the variety and profusion of undeserved suffering. The second asserts that pleasure and pain, given their biological role, are better explained by hypotheses other than theism. Contributors include William P. Alston, Paul Draper, Richard M. Gale, Daniel Howard-Snyder, Alvin Plantinga, William L. Rowe, Bruce Russell, Eleonore Stump, Richard G. Swinburne, Peter van Inwagen, and Stephen John Wykstra.
God Evil And Design
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Author : David O'Connor
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2009-01-26
God Evil And Design written by David O'Connor and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-01-26 with Philosophy categories.
Although vast and complex, the universe is orderly in many ways,and conditions at its beginning were right for the eventualevolution of life on this planet. But with life there is death, andwith sentient life there is great pain and suffering, often with noapparent justification or purpose. Taking these things together, isit reasonable to conclude that the universe was brought about byGod? Moreover, does the magnitude of seemingly pointless sufferingsquare with the idea that God exists, or is it good reason to thinkthere is no God? These questions come up for many people, not justreligious believers, and are examined in this engaging andthought-provoking book. Starting out with no pre-disposition to theism, atheism, oragnosticism, God, Evil, and Design takes up these questions inorder to see where an impartial investigation leads. To achieveimpartiality, the reader is invited to simulate ignorance insofaras his or her own religious preference is concerned. With thisapproach, God, Evil, and Design provides both a fresh look atimportant and controversial issues in philosophy and an excellentintroduction to the contemporary debates surrounding them. Livelyand non-technical, this book will be accessible to anyone with aninterest in these topics.
Inscrutable Evils Skeptical Theism And The Epistemology Of Religious Trust
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Author : John David McClellan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Inscrutable Evils Skeptical Theism And The Epistemology Of Religious Trust written by John David McClellan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Belief and doubt categories.
I argue that the philosophical discussion over William Rowe’s evidential argument from evil needs to take a closer look at the epistemology of religious trust—i.e., the rationality of the theist’s resilient confidence in God’s goodness in the face of inscrutable evils. This would constitute a significant change of emphasis in the current literature away from “skeptical theism,” the in vogue response to Rowe’s argument among theistic philosophers today. I argue that the skeptical theist approach is inadequate for two reasons. First, in trying to defeat even the atheist’s grounds for accepting Rowe’s argument, skeptical theists seem to seriously underestimate the degree of skepticism they must motivate all reasonable persons to take regarding the human competency to detect God-justifying reasons for allowing evils. Second, I show that even a successful skeptical theism would be inadequate to defend the theist’s actual doxastic stance towards inscrutable evils—a stance that goes beyond mere skepticism of that human competency. In place of the skeptical theist approach, I offer theists the “religious trust” approach—a way of defending theism against Rowe’s argument that focuses solely on defending the rationality of the theist’s committed trust in God. I then explore the nature and epistemology of committed interpersonal trust more generally before turning my attention to religious trust in particular. I argue in the end that there is enough promising (from the theist’s point of view) underexplored territory in the epistemology of religious trust to render too hasty the view that the world’s inscrutable evils make the theist’s trust in God unjustifiable. I think my religious trust approach thus affords theists a viable alternative to skeptical theism in defending the rationality of theism against Rowe’s evidential argument. Importantly, it is also an approach that is willing to uphold, in a way skeptical theists refuse to do, just how powerful a defense of atheism Rowe’s argument truly is.
The Inscrutable God
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Author : Dario Lisiero
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2013-07-20
The Inscrutable God written by Dario Lisiero and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-07-20 with Religion categories.
This is the story of the Inscrutable God that becomes scrutable, of the Omnipresent that is Absent, of the All-powerful and Almighty that ends up being Powerless and a Loser. The history of salvation that goes from Abraham to Jesus, passing through Moses and King David and will last until the Judgment Day is a testament to numerous changes and transformations. In the name of the supreme value "love in freedom" God does not disdain to assume all human weaknesses, except sin, to gain back the total trust and affection of his rebellious creature. In the history of humankind there is no love story so tender and moving that can be compared to this. The Inscrutable God by sacrificing his Son in order to save his servant becomes the ultimate paradigm of any human love and the only example to follow.
Evil And The Concept Of God
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Author : Edward H. Madden
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1968
Evil And The Concept Of God written by Edward H. Madden and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1968 with Philosophy categories.
Nature Red In Tooth And Claw
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Author : Michael Murray
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2008-06-19
Nature Red In Tooth And Claw written by Michael Murray and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-06-19 with Philosophy categories.
While the problem of evil remains a perennial challenge to theistic belief, little attention has been paid to the special problem of animal pain and suffering. This absence is especially conspicuous in our Darwinian era when theists are forced to confront the fact that animal pain and suffering has gone on for at least tens of millions of years, through billions of animal generations. Evil of this sort might not be especially problematic if the standard of explanations for evil employed by theists could be applied in this instance as well. But there is the central problem: all or most of the explanations for evil cited by theists seem impotent to explain the reality of animal pain and suffering through evolutionary history. Nature Red in Tooth and Claw addresses the evil of animal pain and suffering directly, scrutinizing explanations that have been offered for such evil.
The Problem Of Evil And The Problem Of God
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Author : Dewi Zephaniah Phillips
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
The Problem Of Evil And The Problem Of God written by Dewi Zephaniah Phillips and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Good and evil categories.