The Problem of Evil and the Subjectivity of Values Are Incompatible

International Philosophical Quarterly 18 (4):467-469 (1978)
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Abstract

It is inconsistent to believe both that values are subjective and that the problem of evil is a good argument against the existence of god. David hume, Bertrand russell, Antony flew, And many others fall into this inconsistency. It arises because the existence or non-Existence of God is an issue about objective fact, But reports or expressions of subjective human states cannot get a grip on objective reality. Since the problem of evil is the only substantial positive argument for the non-Existence of god, The subjectivist unbeliever can be rationally at most an agnostic, Not an atheist

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