The Hiddenness Argument | Justin Schieber | The Socratic Sessions | Ep #18

🔍 Overview: In this episode, Justin and Sam explore J. L. Schellenberg's 'The Hiddenness Argument'. This conversation aims to provide a starting point for both understanding the argument itself and common theistic objections to it.

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🗣️ Highlights
[Highlight 1]: Is God 'knowable', or does it appear upon reflection that He is, if He exists at all, hidden?
[Highlight 2]: What does it mean for someone to be a nonresistant nonbeliever?
[Highlight 3]: What classic pushbacks do theists deploy when confronted with the Hiddenness Argument?

🕒 Timestamps
0:00 - Introduction
1:54 - Justin Schieber and Philosophy
5:10 - Justin's Story
8:20 - Biblical Hiddenness
11:22 - The Problem of Evil and God's Hiddenness
14:51 - Ultimism
18:56 - Inconclusive Evidence for God
20:53 - Society Now and The Hiddenness Argument
24:36 - Nonresistant Nonbelief
28:03 - Culpability/Resistant and Inculpability/Nonresistant
30:38 - Reflective nonbelievers vs Unreflective nonbelievers
36:39 - Resisting
49:33 - A Perfectly Loving God
57:53 - Does God Really Care? (Calvinism and Predestination)
1:00:52 - Skeptical Theism and Hiddenness
1:05:30 - Beliefs and Relationships
1:08:42 - Ancient Societies and God
1:14:41 - Nonreligious Existence
1:18:06 - Theistic Experience
1:24:43 - The 'Mystery Card'
1:28:41 - The Syllogistic Hiddenness Argument Explored
1:37:29 - Hiddenness and Justin
1:39:46 - Theistic Emotional and Rational Reactions
1:45:14 - Closing Remarks

📚 Episode Resources (affiliate links where possible - thanks!)
The Hiddenness Argument: Philosophy's New Challenge to Belief in God by J. L. Schellenberg: https://amzn.to/3xGzcii
Justin Schieber - Twitter: https://twitter.com/justinschiebs
The Real Atheology Podcast - Twitter: https://twitter.com/RealAtheology
The Real Atheology Podcast - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQa6mPLOE2yuMCrDjRio_nA
The Real Atheology's 'Divine Hiddenness Series': https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2ru4PSw7gsLuIEkwnyl0DWxdCgnYoFJj

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