The Argument from Non-belief

Attempts have been made to prove God's non-existence. Often this takes the form of an appeal to the so-called Argument from Evil: if God were to exist, then he would not permit as much suffering in the world as there actually is. Hence the fact that there is so much suffering constitutes evidence for God's non-existence. In this essay I propose a variation which I shall call ‘The Argument from Non-belief’. Its basic idea is that if God were to exist, then he would not permit as much non-belief in the world as there actually is. Hence the fact that there is so much non-belief constitutes evidence for God's non-existence

Appeal · Argument (complex analysis) · Belief in God · Epistemology · Existence of God · Political science · Theism · Augustinian Studies and Theology · Law · Philosophy · Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism · Theology and Philosophy of Evil

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  Open Access•Luke Teeninga•International Journal for…•2021

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• Why the problem of evil undermines the problem of divine hiddenness

  Open Access•Travis Dumsday•Religious Studies•2016

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• Mutual epistemic dependence and the demographic divine hiddenness problem

  Open Access•Max Baker‐hytch, Max Baker-Hytch•Religious Studies•2016

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• Bolstering the Argument from Non-Belief

  Open Access•Victor Cosculluela•Religious Studies•1996

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• Is God's belief requirement rational

  Open Access•Greg Janzen•Religious Studies•2011

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• Divine hiddenness and special revelation

  Open Access•Travis Dumsday•Religious Studies•2015

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• Does divine hiding undermine Positive Evidential Atheism

  Open Access•Scott F Aikin•Religious Studies•2016

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• Divine hiddenness as divine mercy

  Open Access•Travis Dumsday•Religious Studies•2012

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• Divine hiddenness, the demographics of theism, and mutual epistemic dependence

  Open Access•Andrew Blanton•Religious Studies•2025

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• Belief and Will

  Open Access•Louis P Pojman•Religious Studies•1978

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• Will, Belief and Knowledge

  Open Access•H G Classen, Hannah Claßen•Dialogue•1979

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