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GRANICE ATEISTIČKOG TUMAČENJA PROBLEMA TEODICEJE: PRILOG DISKUSIJI JEDNE KLASIČNE TEME I KRITICI NJENOG JEDNOSTRANOG TRETIRANJA
LIMITS OF THE ATHEISTIC INTERPRETATION OF THE THEODICY PROBLEM

Author(s): Dragan Jakovljević
Subject(s): Metaphysics, Epistemology, Existentialism, Philosophy of Religion, Sociology of Religion
Published by: Filozofsko društvo Srbije
Keywords: agnosticism; atheism; personal identity; God's nature; evil; inconsistent trilemma; knowledge of the Transcendent;

Summary/Abstract: This paper discusses the classical problem of the of the traditions of God's nature with the pressing experiences of unhidden evil and destruction within human history, as well as its atheistic resolution. In doing so, this problem is paralleled with the question of personal identity of individuals, under the conditions of a behavior which is otherwise unexpected and dissonant in regards to everyday dispositions. In the further course of the discussion, we treat the famous, so-called. “Inconsistent trilemma" (God is omnipotent, God is unlimitedly good, There is evil), and question some of its aspects, that is, the consequences that are usually drawn from there. Concludingly, this paper argues that the agnosticism is more rational response to the problem of theodetic than atheism: There are stronger reasons in favor of the thesis that it is not completely clear whether God does exist or not – than for the outright denial of his possible existence as atheism claims.

  • Issue Year: 60/2017
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 197-211
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Serbian