About a year ago, I posted an article at Strange Notions titled “Answering the ‘Confusing Revelation’ Objection to Christianity.” In the article, I formulate an argument against Christianity based on the putatively confusing nature of Christian revelation. I then offer a rebuttal to the argument. (At a broader level, my entire book What’s So Confusing About Grace? could be interpreted as a tacit rebuttal.)
I have reproduced the argument (without my rebuttal) below. While I don’t think the argument succeeds, I’d like to hear your thoughts. What do you think of the argument? Does the putative confusion about Christian revelation provide a rebutting defeater to the claim that God has revealed himself through Christianity?
- Any all-knowing, perfectly wise, and perfectly good being will be maximally clear in revealing precisely what salvation requires in terms of belief and practice.
- God is all knowing, perfectly wise, and perfectly good.
- Therefore, God will be maximally clear in revealing precisely what salvation requires in terms of belief and practice.
- The Christian revelation is not maximally clear in revealing precisely what salvation requires in terms of belief and practice.
- Therefore, God did not reveal the Christian revelation.
