An Atheistic Argument from Ugliness

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European Journal for Philosophy of Religion 7 (1):209-217 (2015)
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The theistic argument from beauty has what we call an 'evil twin', the argument from ugliness. The argument yields either what we call 'atheist win', or, when faced with aesthetic theodicies, 'agnostic tie' with the argument from beauty.

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Scott Aikin
Vanderbilt University
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University of Alabama, Huntsville

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