Most of us form estimates of our intelligence, wisdom, and moral fiber that are considerably higher than an objective estimate would warrant; no doubt 90 percent of us think ourselves well above average along these lines. — Alvin Plantinga Copy Share Image
If you believe in evolution and naturalism then you have a reason not to think your faculties are reliable. — Alvin Plantinga Copy Share
Most of us form estimates of our intelligence, wisdom, and moral fiber that are considerably higher than an objective estimate would warrant; no doubt… — Alvin Plantinga Copy Share
The Christian philosopher has a perfect right to the point of view and prephilosophical assumptions he brings to philosophic work; the fact that these… — Alvin Plantinga Copy Share
There is superficial conflict but deep concord between science and theistic religion, but superficial concord and deep conflict between science and naturalism — Alvin Plantinga Copy Share
But lack of evidence, if indeed evidence is lacking, is no grounds for atheism. No one thinks there is good evidence for the proposition… — Alvin Plantinga Copy Share
Suppose we concede that if I had been born of Muslim parents in Morocco rather than Christian parents in Michigan, my beliefs would be… — Alvin Plantinga Copy Share
If we don't know that there is such a person as God, we don't know the first thing (the most important thing) about ourselves,… — Alvin Plantinga Copy Share
Hence our verdict on these reformulated versions of St. Anselm's argument must be as follows. They cannot, perhaps, be said to prove or establish… — Alvin Plantinga Copy Share
To show that there are natural processes that produce religious belief does nothing, so far, to discredit it; perhaps God designed us in such… — Alvin Plantinga Copy Share
Reason is the power or capacity whereby we see or detect logical relationships among propositions. — Alvin Plantinga Copy Share
In religious belief as elsewhere, we must take our chances, recognizing that we could be wrong, dreadfully wrong. There are no guarantees; the religious… — Alvin Plantinga Copy Share
“Dawkins claims that the living world came to be by way of unguided evolution: “the Evidence of Evolution,” he says, “Reveals a Universe Without… — Alvin Plantinga Copy Share
“De jure objections are arguments of claims to the effect that Christian belief, whether or not true, is at any rate unjustifiable, or rationally… — Alvin Plantinga Copy Share
