Consensus Gentium: Reflections on the 'Common Consent' Argument for the Existence of God

In Raymond VanArragon & Kelly James Clark, Evidence and Religious Belief. Oxford, US: Oxford University Press. pp. 135-156 (2011)
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According to proponents of the Common Consent Argument for the Existence of God, the fact that theistic belief is widespread is itself evidence that God exists. This chapter examines what might be said for and against a relatively modest version of the argument. Some attention is also given to more general questions concerning the epistemic significance of consensus and ‘consensus gentium’ arguments.

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