Abstract
Abstract According to Christian Hiddenness Argument I, if Christian doctrine is true then God aims to be revealed not hidden in respect of the message it contains. But then God does everything possible, short of overriding our freedom to resist, to ensure that everyone who understands this message also believes it—which entails that all who understand this message but do not believe it are prevented by their own resistance. But because of the development problem this entailment is false. According to Christian Hiddenness Argument II, if Christian doctrine is true then only resistance could prevent someone who has understood the Christian salvation message from being able to personally appropriate its content just by trying. But this personal appropriation is impossible for anyone who believes this message to be false, and such disbelief is sometimes caused by developmentalist reasoning rather than resistance. The conclusion of both arguments is that Christian doctrine is false.
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