Why a Believer Could Believe that God Answers Prayers

By W. Paul Franks
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In a previous issue of this journal Michael Veber argued that God could not answer certain prayers because doing so would be immoral. In this article I attempt to demonstrate that Veber’s argument is simply the logical problem of evil applied to a possible world. Because of this, his argument is susceptible to a Plantinga-style defense.

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Article in Sophia
Volume #: 48
Pages: 319-324
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2009


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