The Problem of Evil (Oxford Readings in Philosophy)

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Summary: What a mess.
Review: The word philosophy comes from two Greek words, phileoô, "to love," and sophia, "wisdom." Philosophy is the love and pursuit of wisdom. This is the original meaning of the word, however it certainly is not the case in this book. Blasphemy is the injurious or evil speaking about God, which is evil. Then claiming that the existence of evil, which you created by your own free will, is the basis for an argument that God doesn't exist is really stupid. I guess Mom was evil for putting the cookies in the cookie jar, and not the kid from stealing them. This is a book of stupid contradictions! If you are searching for dozens of examples of petitio principii fallacies, THIS is your book. If you are searching for truth, keep on lookin'.

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Summary: A first-rate collection
Review: This is an absolutely first-rate collection by one of the world's leading scholars in the philosophy of religion. It is used as a standard textbook by professors teaching philosophy of religion in colleges and universities throughout the English-speaking world. The previous reviewer obviously has no philosophical background and did not appreciate that this is a collection of opposing views on a controversial question. The editor herself is a defender of theism, and the fundamentalist reproaches in the previous review should be entirely ignored.