ABSTRACT
When religious mysteries are turned into epistemological mysteries, religious language itself can be used to fuel scepticism. When pious remarks about the ineffable nature of God are taken out of context and turned into philosophy, the result is usually an epistemological muddle. Reformed epistemology rejects the original problem by refusing to accept it on its own terms. Those terms would commit us to epistemological foundationalisrn; to search for reasons which justify us in saying that people believe in God. Reformed epistemology insists that religious epistemic practices are justified by faith, not by reason. Other epistemic practices are based on faith, too, since their adherents commit themselves to their epistemic endowments without reason. For although Reformed epistemologists denied that belief in God is based on foundations, they insisted that it was not groundless. The belief is grounded in experiences such as hearing God's voice, fearing his wrath, and wanting to praise him.
