Uploaded February 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
0:00 Intro
1:58 What is Schellenberg’s Argument from Divine Hiddenness?
5:09 What is Reasonable Non-belief of God?
8:30 What are Two strategies for resisting premise 3: reasonable nonbelief in God occurs
14:25 What are some ways of resisting premise 2?: If a perfectly loving God exists, reasonable unbelief does not occur
20:41 What are some of the ways the proponents of divine hiddenness argument may respond?
26:00 To argue for the truth of premise 2, Schellenberg claims that an intimate reciprocal relationship with another person is possible only if one believes that the other person exists. What is a counterexample?
30:08 Crucial premise in the hiddenness argument: Belief is necessary for a relationship
40:26 What is the skeptical theist response to the problem of divine hiddenness?
43:49 How does William Rowe’s parent analogy take the problem of divine hiddenness a step deeper?
46:37 What is the skeptical theist response to William Rowe’s parent analogy?
48:27 Does skeptical theism force us to stay that no kind, amount of distribution of evil could ever seriously threaten theistic belief?
57:19 Where does this leave us (conclusion)?
In this interview, I'm joined by Dr. Daniel Speak (professor of philosophy at Loyola Marymount University) to discuss some theistic responses to the problem of divine hiddenness. The discussion is based on chapter 4 of Dr. Speak's book linked below.
Dr. Speaks book on the Problem of Evil
amazon.com/Problem-Evil-Key-Concepts-Philosophy/dp/0745664075
Please consider supporting me on patreon. Go to patreon.com/theanalyticchristian
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0:00 Intro
1:58 What is Schellenberg’s Argument from Divine Hiddenness?
5:09 What is Reasonable Non-belief of God?
8:30 What are Two strategies for resisting premise 3: reasonable nonbelief in God occurs
14:25 What are some ways of resisting premise 2?: If a perfectly loving God exists, reasonable unbelief does not occur
20:41 What are some of the ways the proponents of divine hiddenness argument may respond?
26:00 To argue for the truth of premise 2, Schellenberg claims that an intimate reciprocal relationship with another person is possible only if one believes that the other person exists. What is a counterexample?
30:08 Crucial premise in the hiddenness argument: Belief is necessary for a relationship
40:26 What is the skeptical theist response to the problem of divine hiddenness?
43:49 How does William Rowe’s parent analogy take the problem of divine hiddenness a step deeper?
46:37 What is the skeptical theist response to William Rowe’s parent analogy?
48:27 Does skeptical theism force us to stay that no kind, amount of distribution of evil could ever seriously threaten theistic belief?
57:19 Where does this leave us (conclusion)?
In this interview, I'm joined by Dr. Daniel Speak (professor of philosophy at Loyola Marymount University) to discuss some theistic responses to the problem of divine hiddenness. The discussion is based on chapter 4 of Dr. Speak's book linked below.
Dr. Speaks book on the Problem of Evil
amazon.com/Problem-Evil-Key-Concepts-Philosophy/dp/0745664075
Please consider supporting me on patreon. Go to patreon.com/theanalyticchristian
For merch and more, go to theanalyticchristian.com
