Powszechność wiary a niemoralni wierzący
Universality of Faith and Immoral Believers

Summary/Abstract: Of the many issues that Jacek Wojtysiak addressed in his new book Między ukryciem a jawnością [Between Hiddenness and Openness] (2023), the polemic with John L. Schellenberg regarding the problem of God’s hiddenness deserves special attention. Schellenberg in an ingenious way wants to show that the very existence of atheists tests the truth of the thesis about the existence of a personal God. In response, J. Wojtysiak reverses J.L. Schellenberg’s argument, claiming that the universality of faith tests an atheist’s conviction. The aim of the article is to show that just as the proper conclusion of J.L. Schellenberg’s argument is not an atheistic thesis, J. Wojtysiak’s argument does not actually defend theism. It would rather be said about both arguments that they are arguments that support ultimism.The article consists of three parts. In the first one, I present Schellenberg’s argument from “God's hiddenness” and reconstruct J. Wojtysiak’s argument from the “great fact of faith.” In the second part, I try to show that the existence of immoral believers undermines the thesis about the universality of belief in a theistic God. In the third part, I present both arguments as supporting the ultimism thesis.

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