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Why the problem of evil undermines the problem of divine hiddenness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 July 2016

TRAVIS DUMSDAY
TRAVIS DUMSDAY*
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Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies, Concordia University of Edmonton, 7128 Ada Blvd., Edmonton, Alberta, T5B 4E4, Canada
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e-mail: travis.dumsday@concordia.ab.ca
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Abstract

The two most prominent arguments against theism are the problem of evil and the problem of divine hiddenness. Here I argue that if the evidential problem of evil is truly forceful, it could block the ability of God to reveal His existence in a rationally indubitable way, which would in turn undermine the evidential problem of divine hiddenness.

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Religious Studies , Volume 52 , Issue 4 , December 2016 , pp. 525 - 544
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