ABSTRACT
This chapter explains the positive case for robust theism can be developed in a way that circumvents standard Reformed objections. Hume is well known for reducing causation to patterns of regular succession between similar events, as opposed to real relations between things. Hume's empiricism requires, though, that all ideas be appropriately grounded in sense experience. According to Hume, the mind is a passive receiver of information from the world and must conform to what is given to it through sense impressions. The negative consequences of the Humean/Kantian position for traditional natural theology are well known. The dependence on Hume and Kant is one of the striking features of the criticisms of the logic of theistic arguments by Reformed thinkers. Some Reformed thinkers contend that natural theology cannot prove the existence of God under a description that adequately resembles the God of Scripture.
