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- Title
NATURAL EVIL AND THE SIMULATION HYPOTHESIS.
- Authors
Johnson, David Kyle
- Abstract
Some theists maintain that they need not answer the threat posed to theistic belief by natural evil; they have reason enough to believe that God exists and it renders impotent any threat that natural evil poses to theism. Explicating how God and natural evil coexist is not necessary since they already know both exist. I will argue that, even granting theists the knowledge they claim, this does not leave them in an agreeable position. It commits the theist to a very unpalatable position: our universe was not designed by God and is instead, most likely, a computer simulation.
- Publication
Philo, 2011, Vol 14, Issue 2, p161
- ISSN
1098-3570
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.5840/philo201114212