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On coercion, love, and horrors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2013

THOMAS M. CRISP
THOMAS M. CRISP*
Affiliation:
Department of Philosophy, Biola University, 13800 Biola Avenue, La Mirada CA 90639, USA e-mail: thomas.crisp@biola.edu
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Abstract

In this article, I explain and critique J. L. Schellenberg's atheological argument from horrors. I raise an epistemic objection, arguing that no one could be justified in believing its conclusion on the basis of its premises. Then I adumbrate a notion of the divine which is different in various ways from the God of classical theism and argue that Schellenberg's argument makes no trouble for belief in the existence of God so construed.

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Religious Studies , Volume 49 , Special Issue 2: Critical Essays on J. L. Schellenberg's Philosophy of Religion , June 2013 , pp. 165 - 179
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013

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