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> [It used to be widely held that evil was incompatible with the existence of God: that no possible world contained both God and evil. So far as I am able tell, this thesis is no longer defended](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-van-inwagen/it-used-to-be-widely-held-that-evil-was-incompatible-with-the/)

[Peter van Inwagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-van-inwagen/)

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## More by Peter van Inwagen

> [I don’t know about ‘common sense opinion’ by the way. It seems to me that the office of common sense is to keep us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-van-inwagen/i-don-t-know-about-common-sense-opinion-by-the-way-it-seems-to-me/)

[Peter van Inwagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-van-inwagen/)

> [Determinism is the thesis that is true at every moment that the way things then are determines a unique future, that only one of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-van-inwagen/determinism-is-the-thesis-that-is-true-at-every-moment-that-the-way/)

[Peter van Inwagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-van-inwagen/)

> [It used to be widely held that evil was incompatible with the existence of God: that no possible world contained both God and evil.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-van-inwagen/it-used-to-be-widely-held-that-evil-was-incompatible-with-the/)

[Peter van Inwagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-van-inwagen/)

> [You certainly wouldn’t want to invest much time in an argument with someone who would believe it in the first place.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-van-inwagen/you-certainly-wouldn-t-want-to-invest-much-time-in-an-argument-with/)

[Peter van Inwagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-van-inwagen/)

> [It looks to me as if Darwinians are like someone who, having observed that tugboats sometimes maneuver ocean liners in tight places by directing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-van-inwagen/it-looks-to-me-as-if-darwinians-are-like-someone-who-having-observed/)

[Peter van Inwagen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-van-inwagen/)

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