Divine Hiddenness, Greater Goods, and Accommodation

J.L. Schellenberg argues that one reason to think that God does not exist is that there are people who fail to believe in Him through no fault of their own. If God were all loving, then He would ensure that these people had evidence to believe in Him so that they could enter into a personal relation...

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Main Author: Teeninga, Luke (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Netherlands [2017]
In: Sophia
Year: 2017, Volume: 56, Issue: 4, Pages: 589-603
IxTheo Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
NBC Doctrine of God
Further subjects:B Divine Hiddenness
B Nonresistant Nonbelief
B Theism
B Atheism
B Greater Goods
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