TY - BOOK AU - Campbell,Victoria TI - The problem of animal pain T2 - Cambridge elements. Elements in the problems of God, SN - 9781009270717 (ebook) AV - BT160 .C36 2023 U1 - 231.8 23 PY - 2023/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Theodicy N1 - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2024) N2 - In this Element atheists cite animal pain as compelling evidence against the existence of the loving God portrayed in the Judeo-Christian Bible. William Rowe, Paul Draper, Richard Dawkins and others claim widespread unnecessary suffering exists in nature and challenge theism with the Evidential Problem of Natural Evil. This Element engages the scientific literature in order to evaluate the validity of those claims and offers a theodicy of God's providential care for animals through natural pain mitigating processes UR - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009270717 ER -