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The good watchmaker
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Theists believe in a transcendent personal creator that is maximally perfect and intervenes in the creation. Deists believe in a transcendent personal creator that is maximally perfect and does not intervene in the creation. One alleged problem for deism is that its God cannot be maximally perfect. A God that intentionally and knowingly creates a world replete with suffering and anguish yet fails to intervene to ameliorate it is not morally perfect. Thus, theism is better off than deism. I argue that the God of theism is in just as much trouble vis-à-vis omnibenevolence as the God of deism. More specifically, theistic responses to why God answers some but not all petitionary prayers either (i) show theism’s God is less than morally perfect in the same way deism’s God is alleged to be, or (ii) are likewise open to deists.
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Abstract
Theists believe in a transcendent personal creator that is maximally perfect and intervenes in the creation.
Deists believe in a transcendent personal creator that is maximally perfect and does not intervene in the creation.
One alleged problem for deism is that its God cannot be maximally perfect.
A God that intentionally and knowingly creates a world replete with suffering and anguish yet fails to intervene to ameliorate it is not morally perfect.
Thus, theism is better off than deism.
I argue that the God of theism is in just as much trouble vis-à-vis omnibenevolence as the God of deism.
More specifically, theistic responses to why God answers some but not all petitionary prayers either (i) show theism’s God is less than morally perfect in the same way deism’s God is alleged to be, or (ii) are likewise open to deists.
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