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#free-will-defence
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The free will defence cannot explain natural evil
I'm Catholic, and I'm arguing this thesis because it's the one that troubles me most. Alvin Plantinga's free will defence (God, Freedom, and Evil, 1974) argues that it's logically possible that God couldn't create a world containing free creatures who never do…
Started by Aoife Kilbride9 replies -
Atheists should retire the logical problem of evil: Plantinga answered it
I'm an atheist, so this is a thesis against my own side's habits. In "Evil and Omnipotence" (1955), J. L. Mackie argued that theism is not just unlikely but inconsistent: an omnipotent, wholly good God and the existence of evil cannot all…
Started by Arvind Poojary5 replies