The Problem of Knowledge

The arguments that first persuaded me of theism were actually philosophical arguments. And there has been, in the last 30 or 40 years, a tremendous renaissance in philosophy towards belief. I accept that there is a motive on behalf of believers to believe in God because it helps answer some of those existential questions. But not believing in God also releases us from a sense of moral accountability to higher authority. We should set those motives aside and try to assess the case for or against a transcendent deity based on the evidence.