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> [ Suppose we concede that if I had been born of Muslim parents in Morocco rather than Christian parents in Michigan, my beliefs would be quite different. \[But\] the same goes for the pluralist...If the pluralist had been born in \[Morocco\]… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-plantinga/suppose-we-concede-that-if-i-had-been-born-of-muslim-parents-in/)

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## More by Alvin Plantinga

> [If you believe in evolution and naturalism then you have a reason not to think your faculties are reliable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-plantinga/if-you-believe-in-evolution-and-naturalism-then-you-have-a-reason-not/)

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> [Most of us form estimates of our intelligence, wisdom, and moral fiber that are considerably higher than an objective estimate would warrant; no doubt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-plantinga/most-of-us-form-estimates-of-our-intelligence-wisdom-and-moral-fiber/)

[Alvin Plantinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-plantinga/)

> [The Christian philosopher has a perfect right to the point of view and prephilosophical assumptions he brings to philosophic work; the fact that these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-plantinga/the-christian-philosopher-has-a-perfect-right-to-the-point-of-view/)

[Alvin Plantinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-plantinga/)

> [There is superficial conflict but deep concord between science and theistic religion, but superficial concord and deep conflict between science and naturalism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-plantinga/there-is-superficial-conflict-but-deep-concord-between-science-and/)

[Alvin Plantinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-plantinga/)

> [But lack of evidence, if indeed evidence is lacking, is no grounds for atheism. No one thinks there is good evidence for the proposition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-plantinga/but-lack-of-evidence-if-indeed-evidence-is-lacking-is-no-grounds-for/)

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> [Suppose we concede that if I had been born of Muslim parents in Morocco rather than Christian parents in Michigan, my beliefs would be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-plantinga/suppose-we-concede-that-if-i-had-been-born-of-muslim-parents-in/)

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> [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-plantinga/if-we-don-t-know-that-there-is-such-a-person-as-god-we-don-t-know-the/)

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> [Things don't look hopeful for Darwinian naturalists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-plantinga/things-don-t-look-hopeful-for-darwinian-naturalists/)

[Alvin Plantinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alvin-plantinga/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-plantinga/hence-our-verdict-on-these-reformulated-versions-of-st-anselm-s/)

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> [To show that there are natural processes that produce religious belief does nothing, so far, to discredit it; perhaps God designed us in such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-plantinga/to-show-that-there-are-natural-processes-that-produce-religious/)

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> [Reason is the power or capacity whereby we see or detect logical relationships among propositions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-plantinga/reason-is-the-power-or-capacity-whereby-we-see-or-detect-logical/)

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> [In religious belief as elsewhere, we must take our chances, recognizing that we could be wrong, dreadfully wrong. There are no guarantees; the religious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-plantinga/in-religious-belief-as-elsewhere-we-must-take-our-chances-recognizing/)

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> [“Dawkins claims that the living world came to be by way of unguided evolution: “the Evidence of Evolution,” he says, “Reveals a Universe Without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-plantinga/dawkins-claims-that-the-living-world-came-to-be-by-way-of-unguided/)

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> [“De jure objections are arguments of claims to the effect that Christian belief, whether or not true, is at any rate unjustifiable, or rationally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alvin-plantinga/de-jure-objections-are-arguments-of-claims-to-the-effect-that/)

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