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nonbelief

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nonbelief (countable and uncountable, plural nonbeliefs)

(religion, philosophy) Failure to believe; lack of belief.

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Alvin Plantinga Warranted Christian Belief ISBN 0-19-513192-4 This point might be applied to versions of the argument from nonbelief that suggest without support that there is no good reason for God to permit nonbelief. Source: Internet

Drange considers the distinction between reasonable (by which Schellenberg means inculpable) and unreasonable (culpable) nonbelief to be irrelevant and confusing. Source: Internet

He asserts that there are relatively few criticisms questioning the existence of inculpable nonbelief, and almost no theistic philosopher objects to the idea that God is perfectly loving. Source: Internet

In an article revisiting the argument ten years after it was originally proposed, citation Schellenberg observes that criticism has mainly centered around the idea that God would prevent inculpable nonbelief. Source: Internet

Schellenberg addresses this difference with his distinction between culpable and inculpable nonbelief, with the latter defined as "non-belief that exists through no fault of the non-believer." Source: Internet

Schellenberg has stated that this formulation is misleading, when taken on its own, because it does not make explicit the reason why a perfectly loving God would want to prevent nonbelief. Source: Internet

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