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God Had to Create the World
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 October 2008
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In a recent paper T. D. J. Chappell advances the thesis that orthodox Christianity is incompatible with consequentialism.1 His thesis is grounded on a number of premises; I shall, however, confine my criticism to only one of them, i.e. a consequentialist God could not possibly have created a world. Here is his argument:
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1 Chappell, T. D. J., ‘Why God isn't a Consequentialist,’ Religious Studies, 29, 239–43.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
2 Ibid. p. 241.
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