ABSTRACT
There is abroad in the Christian philosophical community a view, rarely articulated and defended, but none the less widespread, that the proper foundation for religious tolerance is to be found in one’s uncertainty that one’s own particular religious worldview is true. The rough idea seems to be that the more uncertain one is about the truth of one’s own religious views, the less apt one will be to persecute persons who disagree with those views – after all, for all one knows, those persons may well be correct. In so far as religious diversity serves to undermine one’s confidence that one’s religious beliefs are true, it is to be welcomed as abetting religious tolerance.
