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Residual Natural Evil and Anthropic Reasoning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Murdith McLean
Murdith McLean
Affiliation:
St John's College, The University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada R3T 2M5
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Bad things happen; and not just to bad people, but with apparent indifference to the moral or other qualities of the victims. For the theist who believes that the world is created and governed by an all-powerful and perfectly good God, this is a notorious difficulty. In fact the problem of evil is surely the most persuasive consideration available in favour of atheism.

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Religious Studies , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , June 1991 , pp. 173 - 188
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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