TY - JOUR
T1 - A theistic, universe-based, theodicy of human suffering and immoral behaviour
AU - Gellman, Jerome
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2012, European Journal for Philosophy of Religion.
PY - 2012/1/1
Y1 - 2012/1/1
N2 - In what follows I offer an explanation for the evils in our world that should be a live option for theists who accept middle knowledge. My explanation depends on the possibility of a Multiverse of radically different kinds of universes. Persons must pass through various universes, the sequence being chosen by God on an individual basis, until reaching God's goal for them. Our universe is depicted as governed much by chance, and I give a justification, in light of my thesis, for why God would have people pass through a universe of just such a sort.
AB - In what follows I offer an explanation for the evils in our world that should be a live option for theists who accept middle knowledge. My explanation depends on the possibility of a Multiverse of radically different kinds of universes. Persons must pass through various universes, the sequence being chosen by God on an individual basis, until reaching God's goal for them. Our universe is depicted as governed much by chance, and I give a justification, in light of my thesis, for why God would have people pass through a universe of just such a sort.
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U2 - 10.24204/ejpr.v4i4.263
DO - 10.24204/ejpr.v4i4.263
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84960479775
SN - 1689-8311
VL - 4
SP - 107
EP - 122
JO - European Journal for Philosophy of Religion
JF - European Journal for Philosophy of Religion
IS - 4
ER -