The Speak Life Podcast Divine Hiddenness is a REAL Problem || SLP613
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Oct 28, 2025 Dive into the enigma of Divine Hiddenness and its implications for belief in an all-loving God. Explore why sincere seekers often feel distanced from the divine and how geographic variations shape faith perceptions. Discover challenging questions about human resistance to experiencing God and the paradox of encountering the divine implicitly. Delve into Kierkegaard's parable about humility and glory, culminating in the revelation of Jesus as the bridge to true connection amidst hiddenness.
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Hiddenness As A Philosophical Problem
- Divine hiddenness names the puzzling fact that many sincere seekers find no evidence of God despite trying hard.
- Alex O'Connor and Glen treat this as a philosophical problem analogous to the problem of evil.
Schellenberg's Non-Resistant Challenge
- J.L. Schellenberg's formulation focuses on non-resistant non-believers as central to the problem.
- If God is perfectly loving and wants relationship, hiddenness of non-resistant seekers seems unexpected.
Personal Struggle With Absence
- Glen shares his own struggle: he studied theology, read scripture, and still felt no experience of God.
- He uses that lived lack to argue the problem of hiddenness deserves serious attention.
