Univrsity Of Tehran Press Philosophy and Kalam 2008-9422 54 2 2022 02 20 A Critical and Comparative Study of John Schellenberg and Blaise Pascal’s Views on the Problem of Divine Hiddenness A Critical and Comparative Study of John Schellenberg and Blaise Pascal’s Views on the Problem of Divine Hiddenness 445 425 86197 10.22059/jitp.2022.328030.523304 FA Sakineh Mohammadpour Assistant Professor, Department of Islamic Thoughts, Islamic Azad University, Tabriz, Iran, Amirabbas Alizamani Associate Professor, Department of Islamic Philosophy and Theology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 0000-0001-6752-6718 Journal Article 2021 08 02 Based on the theory of “divine hiddenness”, God has not given human beings sufficient reasons to know Him. According to Schellenberg, divine hiddenness indicates that there is no god, because if there were, he would give humans sufficient reasons to know Him, but he did not. However, according to Pascal, divine hiddenness is necessary for theism because of the positive effects it has on human beings’ life. Our findings of the comparison of the two philosophers’ views are that Pascal's reasons cannot justify the necessity of divine hiddenness. At the same time, Schellenberg's argument based on the divine hiddenness can be answered by theists and cannot justify atheism. Based on the theory of “divine hiddenness”, God has not given human beings sufficient reasons to know Him. According to Schellenberg, divine hiddenness indicates that there is no god, because if there were, he would give humans sufficient reasons to know Him, but he did not. However, according to Pascal, divine hiddenness is necessary for theism because of the positive effects it has on human beings’ life. Our findings of the comparison of the two philosophers’ views are that Pascal's reasons cannot justify the necessity of divine hiddenness. At the same time, Schellenberg's argument based on the divine hiddenness can be answered by theists and cannot justify atheism. https://jitp.ut.ac.ir/article_86197_507f5ae51aa90977a1b87458e95661d4.pdf