God Had to Create the World
Religious Studies 30 (3):331 - 333 (1994)
Abstract
In a recent paper T. D. J. Chappell advances the thesis that orthodox Christianity is incompatible with consequentialism. 1 His thesis is grounded on a number of premises; I shall, however, confine my criticism to only one of them, i.e. a consequentialist God could not possibly have created a world. Here is his argumentDOI
10.1017/s0034412500022939
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The 'why design?' Question.Neil A. Manson - 2009 - In Yujin Nagasawa & Erik J. Wielenberg (eds.), New Waves in Philosophy of Religion. Palgrave-Macmillan. pp. 68.
