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Formulating an Argument Against Christianity Based on Confusion About Salvation?

February 5, 2019 by Randal

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?

  1. 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.
  2. God is all knowing, perfectly wise, and perfectly good.
  3. Therefore, God will be maximally clear in revealing precisely what salvation requires in terms of belief and practice.
  4. The Christian revelation is not maximally clear in revealing precisely what salvation requires in terms of belief and practice.
  5. Therefore, God did not reveal the Christian revelation.

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: Christianity, revelation, soteriology, What's So Confusing About Grace?

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