God, Gluts and Gaps: Examining an Islamic Traditionalist Case for a Contradictory Theology

Conceptions of Supreme Deity

“…Other theists suppose that, while it is not literally true that the attributes of supreme deity that have intrinsic characterisation are contradictory, the best analogical or metaphorical expressions that we can give to those attributes are explicitly contradictory. (For more on dialethic theologies, see, for example: Beall (2020), Chowdhury (2020) and Maharaj (2018).) Some theists embrace talk about attributes of supreme deity that have intrinsic characterisation that, while perhaps not explicitly contradictory, is not obviously intelligible or coherent.…”

Fission theories of Original Guilt

“…In short: If you have read this paper this far, you should not be interested in such 'solutions'. (Perhaps this is too quick, since some have argued there is room for dialetheism concerning such matters (Beall, 2021;Chowdhury, 2021;Cotnoir, 2018). I leave the door open for someone to develop a 'paraconsistent fission theory' in light of such moves, but will not pursue it further here.)…”

Dialetheism and the Problem of Evil

“…(1) The actual world is not the best possible world (2) If the actual world is created by God, it is the best possible (3) Therefore, the actual world is not created by God 2 See also Beall (2019a), Beall (2019f), Pawl (2019), Beall (2019d), McCall (2019), Beall (2019c, Cotnoir (2019), Beall (2019b), Uckelman (2019), Beall (2019e), andBeall (2021) for discussion of dialetheism in Christianity. Chowdhury (2020) discusses dialetheism in Islam. Dialetheism is also relevant to the study of non-theistic religions.…”