On this page you'll find 8 example sentences with Nonbelief. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Nonbelief in a sentence
Nonbelief meaning
Failure to believe; lack of belief.
Using Nonbelief
- The main meaning on this page is: Failure to believe; lack of belief.
- In the example corpus, nonbelief often appears in combinations such as: inculpable nonbelief, nonresistant nonbelief.
Context around Nonbelief
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 1 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Nonbelief
- In this selection, "nonbelief" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, inculpable, nonresistant, culpable and lack stand out and add context to how "nonbelief" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include arguing from nonbelief is engaging and from reasonable nonbelief or the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "nonbelief" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with nonbelief
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Howard-Snyder wrote: error Would a perfectly loving God prevent nonresistant nonbelief? (12 words)
Moser expressed the idea that arguing from nonbelief is engaging in cognitive idolatry. (13 words)
Drange considers the distinction between reasonable (by which Schellenberg means inculpable) and unreasonable (culpable) nonbelief to be irrelevant and confusing. (20 words)
Nonresistant nonbelief, lack of evidence, and sin When asked what he would say when facing God on judgment day, Bertrand Russell famously replied that he would say "Not enough evidence, God! (31 words)
Schellenberg has stated that this formulation is misleading, when taken on its own, because it does not make explicit the reason why a perfectly loving God would want to prevent nonbelief. (31 words)
In an article revisiting the argument ten years after it was originally proposed, citation Schellenberg observes that criticism has mainly centered around the idea that God would prevent inculpable nonbelief. (30 words)
Howard-Snyder wrote: error Would a perfectly loving God prevent nonresistant nonbelief? (12 words)
Nonresistant nonbelief, lack of evidence, and sin When asked what he would say when facing God on judgment day, Bertrand Russell famously replied that he would say "Not enough evidence, God! (31 words)
Example sentences (8)
Drange considers the distinction between reasonable (by which Schellenberg means inculpable) and unreasonable (culpable) nonbelief to be irrelevant and confusing.
He asserts that there are relatively few criticisms questioning the existence of inculpable nonbelief, and almost no theistic philosopher objects to the idea that God is perfectly loving.
Howard-Snyder wrote: error Would a perfectly loving God prevent nonresistant nonbelief?
In an article revisiting the argument ten years after it was originally proposed, citation Schellenberg observes that criticism has mainly centered around the idea that God would prevent inculpable nonbelief.
Moser expressed the idea that arguing from nonbelief is engaging in cognitive idolatry.
Nonresistant nonbelief, lack of evidence, and sin When asked what he would say when facing God on judgment day, Bertrand Russell famously replied that he would say "Not enough evidence, God!
Schellenberg has stated that this formulation is misleading, when taken on its own, because it does not make explicit the reason why a perfectly loving God would want to prevent nonbelief.
The argument from reasonable nonbelief (or the argument from divine hiddenness) was first elaborated in J. L. Schellenberg 's 1993 book Divine Hiddenness and Human Reason.
Common combinations with nonbelief
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: