Standard Theism and Naturalism

We compare expanded versions of our theories — Standard Theism and Standard Naturalism — on a further range of data. We begin by noting that Standard Theism is trumped by Standard Naturalism on the data considered in the previous chapter. We then consider, in turn: horrendous suffering, salvation, meaning and purpose, and hiddenness and non-belief. We argue that none of the new data that we introduce favours theism over naturalism. We conclude that, given all of the data considered, naturalism trumps theism.