Topic > Divine Concealment: The Problem of Reasonable Unbelief

However, this does not mean that the basis of the argument is solid. There are three traditional ways of approaching the topic starting from reasonable disbelief. They are the answer of freedom, which states that “God hides himself to allow people to freely love, trust, and obey God.” The Proper Motivation Response, which simply states that “God hides to discourage a human response based on improper motivations.” And the Divine Purposes respond: “God limits divine manifestations, at least for a time, to at least some human beings to increase the satisfaction of God's various morally serious and loving purposes concerning