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Is the Problem of Evil Misconceived?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

P. J. McGrath
P. J. McGrath
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, University College, Cork, Ireland
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Theism, according to David O'Connor, has in recent centuries been on trial for its life, the charge being that the existence of so much evil in the world is incompatible with belief in a benevolent creator. But this trial, he claims is incapable of producing a reasoned verdict.

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Research Article
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Religious Studies , Volume 28 , Issue 1 , March 1992 , pp. 61 - 64
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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