The Startling Doctrine of Anti-Theism

Is it really better to reign in Hell than serve in Heav’n?

Oxford philosopher Guy Kahane’s 2011 essay, “Should We Want God to Exist?”, is a bracing, fascinating introduction to a little-discussed area in the Philosophy of Religion: the startling doctrine of Anti-Theism. As Kahane himself notes, much of the focus on debates about God concern whether he/she or they exist; few people bother to ask whether we sho…