ABSTRACT
One of the most impressive philosophical arguments the author knows is Leibniz' proof that this must be the best of all possible worlds, if it was created by a benevolent and omnipotent God. The validity of an argument of course, does not establish the truth of its conclusion. What it establishes is if the premises are true, then the conclusion must be true as well; and if the conclusion is false, at least one of the premises must be false as well. It seems to the author that the most important result of the argument from the moral determination of God's will is the conclusion that God does not exist. Atheism disposes of the implications of theological determinism. It seems, then, that the final implication that we can draw from theological determinism is that if it is true, God is both a sadist and a sinner.
