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Faith And The Many-Tiered Structure Of Belief, Donald W. Viney

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Elaborating on the work of Alvin Plantinga and the concept of noetic structures, I argue that the concept of a rational belief is flexible enough to tolerate a certain degree of uncertainty and inability to answer criticism of the belief. This flexibility, moreover, is an essential component in the concept of a rational faith in God.