Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
DESCRIPTION:
In this video, I examine an objection to John Schellenberg's argument from divine hiddenness put forward by Michael Jones of Inspiring Philosophy. That objection argues from general facts about human psychology to the conclusion that it is unlikely that there is or has ever been a nonresistant nonbeliever.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introduction
1:09 Divine Hiddenness in Brief
5:55 The Objection
9:50 Problem 1: Tendencies are only tendencies
10:04 Problem 2: Too Narrow a Conception of Nonbelief
10:26 Problem 3: Misunderstanding Nonbelief
17:30 The Case for Nonresistant Nonbelief
22:05 Former Believers
23:50 Lifelong Seekers
24:34 Converts to Nontheistic Religions
25:31 Isolated Nontheists
29:47 Review
WRITTEN REFERENCES:
Adams, R. M. (1987). The virtue of faith and other essays in philosophical theology. Oxford University Press.
Barrett, J. L. (2007). Is the spell really broken? Bio-psychological explanations of religion and theistic belief. Theology and Science, 5(1), 57-72.
De Cruz, H. (2016). Divine hiddenness and the cognitive science of religion. In A. Green & E. Stump (Eds.), Hidden Divinity and Religious Belief: New Perspectives (pp. 53–68). chapter, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Schellenberg, J. L. (2015). The hiddenness argument: Philosophy's new challenge to belief in God. Oxford University Press.
Schellenberg, J. L. (2007). The wisdom to doubt: A justification of religious skepticism. Cornell University Press.
VIDEO REFERENCES:
#1: youtube.com/watch?v=lxNUFeh6sUM&t=1487s from@Apologetics315
#2: youtube.com/watch?v=GR-_l7MgLpg from @ShannonQ
#3: youtube.com/watch?v=1ISQJCzZOwc&t from @RealAtheology
#4: youtube.com/watch?v=_Ii-bsrHB0o from @InspiringPhilosophy
DESCRIPTION:
In this video, I examine an objection to John Schellenberg's argument from divine hiddenness put forward by Michael Jones of Inspiring Philosophy. That objection argues from general facts about human psychology to the conclusion that it is unlikely that there is or has ever been a nonresistant nonbeliever.
TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Introduction
1:09 Divine Hiddenness in Brief
5:55 The Objection
9:50 Problem 1: Tendencies are only tendencies
10:04 Problem 2: Too Narrow a Conception of Nonbelief
10:26 Problem 3: Misunderstanding Nonbelief
17:30 The Case for Nonresistant Nonbelief
22:05 Former Believers
23:50 Lifelong Seekers
24:34 Converts to Nontheistic Religions
25:31 Isolated Nontheists
29:47 Review
WRITTEN REFERENCES:
Adams, R. M. (1987). The virtue of faith and other essays in philosophical theology. Oxford University Press.
Barrett, J. L. (2007). Is the spell really broken? Bio-psychological explanations of religion and theistic belief. Theology and Science, 5(1), 57-72.
De Cruz, H. (2016). Divine hiddenness and the cognitive science of religion. In A. Green & E. Stump (Eds.), Hidden Divinity and Religious Belief: New Perspectives (pp. 53–68). chapter, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Schellenberg, J. L. (2015). The hiddenness argument: Philosophy's new challenge to belief in God. Oxford University Press.
Schellenberg, J. L. (2007). The wisdom to doubt: A justification of religious skepticism. Cornell University Press.
VIDEO REFERENCES:
#1: youtube.com/watch?v=lxNUFeh6sUM&t=1487s from@Apologetics315
#2: youtube.com/watch?v=GR-_l7MgLpg from @ShannonQ
#3: youtube.com/watch?v=1ISQJCzZOwc&t from @RealAtheology
#4: youtube.com/watch?v=_Ii-bsrHB0o from @InspiringPhilosophy
