Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Dr. Max Baker-Hytch of Oxford University discusses Schellenberg's argument for atheism stemming from nonresistant nonbelief, nonbelief in God that results through no fault of one's own.

Max's paper, "On sin-based responses to divine hiddenness": cambridge.org/core/journals/religious-studies/article/on-sinbased-responses-to-divine-hiddenness/E4AADE2039D2D6E101BE8375C6498DC0

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EPISODE CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Introduction
02:04 Do you struggle with divine hiddenness?
05:00 Schellenberg's argument
14:22 Are there nonresistant nonbelievers?
21:05 Would God prevent nonresistant nonbelief?
27:43 Step #1 - God would always be open to relationship
39:32 Step #2 - Openness entails no nonresistant nonbelief
45:28 Relationship without belief.
52:25 Alex O'Connor as a nonresistant nonbeliever
59:52 Related Problem #1 - Demographics of nonbelief
01:09:15 Related Problem #2 - Religious disagreement