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Seeking Personal Truth (Chapter 10 From Your Hidden Half: Blending Your Public And Private Self—A Quest For Personal Wholeness), Mark R. Mcminn Jan 1988

Seeking Personal Truth (Chapter 10 From Your Hidden Half: Blending Your Public And Private Self—A Quest For Personal Wholeness), Mark R. Mcminn

Faculty Publications - Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) Program

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Can Belief In God Be Confirmed?, Mark S. Mcleod-Harrison Jan 1988

Can Belief In God Be Confirmed?, Mark S. Mcleod-Harrison

Faculty Publications - George Fox School of Theology

A basic thrust behind Alvin Plantinga's position that belief in God is properly basic is an analogy between certain non-religious (and presumably justified) beliefs such as ' I see a tree' and theistic beliefs such as 'God made this flower'.1 Each kind of belief is justified for a believer, argues Plantinga, when she finds herself in a certain set of conditions. Richard Grigg challenges this claim by arguing that while the non-religious beliefs are confirmed, beliefs about God are not. I wish to explore this challenge, clarify it and suggest that on one understanding it is irrelevant and on another …