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According to Schellenberg’s argument from Divine Hiddenness, a nonresistant nonbeliever is, simply put, somebody who fails to believe in God in such a way that the failure is not itself the result of resistant self-deception. A key premise of the divine hiddenness argument just is the claim that such persons exist and/or have existed in the past. For most people, this premise will appear obvious and this appearance likely the result of their connections and communications with other people. People they know and understand. People they trust and respect. On the other hand, some people claim to be skeptical about this premise. Can we really know that these nonbelievers aren’t resisting? To answer these questions, we’ve got to take a closer look at Schellenberg’s concept of the nonresistant nonbeliever.
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Timecodes
00:00 - Introduction
01:04 - The Tent of Nonbelief
01:45 - Reflective Nonbelievers
02:40 - Unreflective Nonbelievers
04:02 - Resistance / Nonresistance
05:46 - Some Additional Considerations
06:27 - What Resistance Requires
07:59 - Former Believers
09:54 - Lifelong Seekers
10:29 - Converts to Nontheistic Religions
11:03 - Isolated Nontheists
11:40 - Summary
12:11 - Closing
According to Schellenberg’s argument from Divine Hiddenness, a nonresistant nonbeliever is, simply put, somebody who fails to believe in God in such a way that the failure is not itself the result of resistant self-deception. A key premise of the divine hiddenness argument just is the claim that such persons exist and/or have existed in the past. For most people, this premise will appear obvious and this appearance likely the result of their connections and communications with other people. People they know and understand. People they trust and respect. On the other hand, some people claim to be skeptical about this premise. Can we really know that these nonbelievers aren’t resisting? To answer these questions, we’ve got to take a closer look at Schellenberg’s concept of the nonresistant nonbeliever.
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Timecodes
00:00 - Introduction
01:04 - The Tent of Nonbelief
01:45 - Reflective Nonbelievers
02:40 - Unreflective Nonbelievers
04:02 - Resistance / Nonresistance
05:46 - Some Additional Considerations
06:27 - What Resistance Requires
07:59 - Former Believers
09:54 - Lifelong Seekers
10:29 - Converts to Nontheistic Religions
11:03 - Isolated Nontheists
11:40 - Summary
12:11 - Closing
