In religious belief as elsewhere, we must take our chances, recognizing that we could be wrong, dreadfully wrong. There are no guarantees; the religious life is a venture; foolish and debilitating error is a permanent possibility. (If we can be… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Reason is the power or capacity whereby we see or detect logical relationships among propositions. — Alvin Plantinga Copy Share Image
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 Image
![“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] he probably wouldn't be a pluralist. Does it follow that...his…” quote by Alvin Plantinga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/3af/alvin-plantinga-34486_belief_suppose-we-concede-that-if-i-had-been-bo_873439.jpg)
