How much horrific suffering is enough?

IF 0.5 2区哲学 0 RELIGION

RELIGIOUS STUDIES Pub Date : 2023-06-29 DOI:10.1017/s0034412523000549

Bryan Frances

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Abstract

Isn't there something like an amount and density of horrific suffering whose discovery would make it irrational to think God exists? Use your imagination to think of worlds that are much, much, much worse than you think Earth is when it comes to horrific suffering. Isn't there some conceivable scenario which, if you were in it, would make you say ‘Okay, okay. God doesn't exist, at least in the way we thought God was. We were wrong about that’? Pursuing this question leads to what I call the Problem of Absurd Evil.

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多少可怕的痛苦才够?

难道不存在某种可怕的痛苦的数量和密度，这些痛苦的发现会让人非理性地认为上帝存在吗?用你的想象力去想象那些比你想象中的地球更糟糕的世界，当谈到可怕的痛苦时。有没有一些可以想象的场景，如果你在其中，会让你说'好吧，好吧。上帝并不存在，至少以我们所认为的方式是不存在的。我们错了。”对这个问题的追问导致了我所谓的荒谬之恶问题。

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RELIGIOUS STUDIES RELIGION-

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1.20

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33.30%

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期刊介绍： Religious Studies is an international journal devoted to the problems of the philosophy of religion as they arise out of classical and contemporary discussions and from varied religious traditions. More than 25 articles are published each year, and the journal also contains an extensive book review section.