The Threat of Anti-Theism: What is at Stake in the Axiology of God?

IF 1.1 2区哲学 0 PHILOSOPHY

PHILOSOPHICAL QUARTERLY Pub Date : 2023-07-10 DOI:10.1093/pq/pqad065

B. Ballard

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Abstract

Would God's existence be a good thing for us? According to anti-theism, the answer is No. Probably, many theists will want to reject anti-theism. But it isn’t obvious why. After all, whether p is good for us is logically independent from whether p is true. So anti-theism seems entirely compatible with theism. In this essay, however, I argue this seeming compatibility is mistaken. If anti-theism is true, then the theism of most practicing believers is false. And if I am right about this, then anti-theism presents a serious challenge to traditional theistic belief, notably theistic belief anchored in the Bible.

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反有神论的威胁：上帝价值论的利害关系是什么？

上帝的存在对我们来说是一件好事吗?根据反神论，答案是否定的。也许，许多有神论者会想要拒绝反有神论。但原因并不明显。毕竟，p是否对我们有益在逻辑上与p是否为真是独立的。所以反有神论似乎与有神论完全相容。然而，在本文中，我认为这种表面上的兼容性是错误的。如果反有神论是真的，那么大多数信徒的有神论就是假的。如果我是对的，那么反有神论对传统的有神论信仰提出了严峻的挑战，尤其是对以圣经为基础的有神论信仰。

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