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Philosophy of Love and the Hiddenness Argument

Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University, 2023
J.L. Schellenberg and likeminded philosophers have offered a compelling argument against the existence of God known as the hiddenness argument. The idea that a loving God would not permit nonresistant nonbelief seems intuitive at first. Many theists have
Price Randall J.
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A Molinist Response to Schellenberg’s Hiddenness Argument

Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University, 2023
John Schellenberg argues that divine hiddenness is evidence against God’s existence. More precisely, according to Schellenberg’s well-known Hiddenness Argument, God’s existence entails that there would never be any nonresistant non-believers; however ...
Erasmus Jacobus, Stratton Timothy A.
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Divine Love and the Argument from Divine Hiddenness [PDF]

European Journal for Philosophy of Religion, 2014
This paper criticizes one of the premises of Schellenberg’s atheistic argument from divine hiddenness. This premise, which can be considered as the foundation of his proposed argument, is based on a specific interpretation of divine love as eros. In this
Azadegan, Ebrahim
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Predicting Divine Action. [PDF]

Philosophia (Ramat Gan), 2018
This article sets out a formal procedure for determining the probability that God would do a specified action, using a subset of the theologian’s beliefs I will refer to as ‘moral knowledge’: our beliefs about what is right for us to do, and our beliefs ...
Burling H.
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The Argument from Evil, the Argument from Hiddenness, and Supernaturalistic Alternatives to Theism

Religions, 2022
In this brief article, I consider James Sterba’s logical argument from evil, finding it to be ultimately unsuccessful. Not for the various issues Sterba raises, which do seem to be problematic if God exists, but for the logical approach itself.
Raphael Lataster
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Non-Identity Reasoning and the Hiddenness Argument

TheoLogica
If a theory of identity compatible with non-identity reasoning is accepted, J. L. Schellenberg’s hiddenness argument ought to be rejected. The core of non-identity reasoning is that particular persons can only come into existence under certain ...
Grant Broadhurst
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Evaluating the Assent Principles of the “Divine Hiddenness Argument”, in Schellenberg's Thought [PDF]

حکمت و فلسفه, 2023
Introduction"Divine Hiddenness Argument" is one of the arguments against the existence of God, which has attracted the attention of some religious philosophers in the contemporary era.
Yaser Hashemi, Abuzar Rajabi
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Divine Providence, Divine Hiddenness, and Commitment to the Good

TheoLogica, 2022
Divine providence plays a significant role in John Schellenberg’s formulation of the divine hiddenness argument. Although Schellenberg does not openly mention the providence of God, his refutation of this attribute supports his denial of God’s existence,
Roberto Di Ceglie
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The Meaning of Life, A Possible World with Complete Divine Love, and the Divine Hiddenness [PDF]

پژوهشنامه فلسفه دین, 2022
For the first time in 1993, Schellenberg introduced "divine hiddenness" as an argument against theism. Since then, his argument has been at the center of criticism and defense.
Mohammad Javad Elahie Asl, Abbas Yazdani
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Divine Hiddenness and the Afterlife: A Response to Aaron Rizzieri

Perichoresis: The Theological Journal of Emanuel University, 2023
Aaron Rizzieri has recently argued that the problem of hell is a complicating factor for the issue of divine hiddenness. In particular, the problem of divine hiddenness is made much worse if anyone is threatened by negative afterlife consequences.
Beilby James
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