TY - BOOK AU - Langtry,Bruce TI - God, the best, and evil SN - 9780199238798 AV - BT135 .L37 2008 U1 - 214 22 KW - Providence and government of God KW - Christianity KW - Theodicy KW - Good and evil N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages [232]-234) and index; Introduction: Problems, concepts, and background theories -- God and worlds than which there are none better -- Divine choice from infinite hierarchies of creatable worlds -- World creation when there are prime worlds -- Empirical objections to theism, not based on evil -- Logical arguments from evil, against the existence of God -- Theodicy for two general truths about evil -- Evidential arguments from evil, against the existence of God ER -