On James Sterba’s Refutation of Theistic Arguments to Justify Suffering

In his recent book Is a Good God Logically Possible? and article by the same name, James Sterba argued that the existence of significant and horrendous evils, both moral and natural, is incompatible with the existence of God. He advances the discussion by invoking three moral requirements and by cre...

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Main Author: Reichenbach, Bruce R. 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2021]
In: Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 1
Further subjects:B James Sterba
B Natural Evil
B Ethical principles
B problem of evil
B existence of God
B Moral Evil
B theodicies
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