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The Anthropic Coincidences, Evil and The Disconfirmation of Theism

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Quentin Smith
Quentin Smith
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Department of Philosophy, Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio45387
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The anthropic principle or the associated anthropic coincidences have been used by philosophers such as John Leslie (1989), William Lane Craig (1988) and Richard Swinburne (1990) to support the thesis that God exists. In this paper I shall examine Swinburne's argument from the anthropic coincidences. I will show that Swinburne's premises, coupled with his principle of credulity and the failure of his theodicy in The Existence of God, disconfirms theism and confirms instead the hypothesis that there exists a malevolent creator of the universe.

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Research Article
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Religious Studies , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , September 1992 , pp. 347 - 350
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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