God might be responsible for physical evil

Australasian Journal of Philosophy 87 (3):513 – 515 (2009)
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Abstract

Alexander Bird has a two-part argument to the effect that God could only have created a world without physical evil by changing either the laws or the initial conditions of the universe, and that no such world would be at all like ours: so God is not responsible for physical evil. I argue that both parts of his argument fail.

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Michael Bertrand
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… And Then Again, He Might Not Be.Alexander Bird - 2009 - Australasian Journal of Philosophy 87 (3):517-521.

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