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The Mad, Bad, or God argument explained

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2013

MATTHEW FRISE
MATTHEW FRISE*
Affiliation:
Philosophy Department, University of Rochester, Box 270078, Rochester, NY 14627-0078, USAmfrise@z.rochester.edu
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Abstract

According to Stephen Davis's Mad, Bad, or God (MBG) argument, Jesus must be divine since all other leading explanations of his alleged claim to be divine can be ruled out. I criticize Davis's argument and then sketch an ‘inference to best explanation’ MBG argument. I argue that proponents and critics of MBG arguments should focus on mine since it avoids common pitfalls at no cost and it best respects (for better or worse) a massive but too easily ignored body of evidence relevant to its conclusion.

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Religious Studies , Volume 49 , Issue 4 , December 2013 , pp. 581 - 589
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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