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There are two cases to be distinguished. On the one hand, it my be that there are theoretical commitments directly attributable to theistic explanation of the distribution of evils in our universe. In this case, we can say that there is good sense in which the distribution of evils in our universe favours naturalism over theism: ‘all else being equal,’ these additional theoretical commitments would constitute a reason to prefer naturalism to theism. On the other hand, it may be that there are no theoretical commitments directly attributable to theistic explanation of the distribution of evils in our universe. In this case, we can only say that the distribution of evils in our universe favours neither naturalism over theism nor theism ovr naturalism: ‘all else being equal’ the distribution of evil in our universe constitute neither a reason to prefer naturalism to theism nor a reason to prefer theism to naturalism.

Of course, as we noted earlier, ‘all else being equal’ the greater simplicity of naturalism does provide a reason to prefer it to theism. If, setting aside considerations about the distribution of evil in our universe, theism and naturalism ae tied on all considerations other than simplicity, then, taking considerations about the distribution of evil in our universe into account would still yield the result that there is all-things-considered reason to prefer naturalism to theism ~ Page 78\

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