Divine Hiddenness and the Afterlife: A Response to Aaron Rizzieri

Abstract

Abstract Aaron Rizzieri has recently argued that the problem of hell is a complicating factor for the issue of divine hiddenness. In particular, the problem of divine hiddenness is made much worse if anyone is threatened by negative afterlife consequences. While Rizzieri’s argument suffers from lack of theological nuance, there is a serious objection to Christian theism lurking in the vicinity of his argument. I offer what I take to be the best response to that objection.