ABSTRACT
This chapter looks at the standard themes discussed in contemporary philosophy of religion, the proofs, the problem of evil, miracles, Ludwig Wittgenstein seems to have a limited place. One might say that the philosophical tradition hasn't realized the seriousness of the challenge posed by Wittgenstein. D. Z. Phillips says that if a practice is done out of fear, what the teacher have is a policy not a religion. But Jesus may be obeyed out of self-interest. That is a religious attitude, and many people have it. 'Religion' is a word we use and it covers a variety of cases in which people's criteria vary wildly. Compare Wittgenstein, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche – all had deep motivation concerning clarity. Being unclear about important matters exerts a price. In religion the motivation for evasion is all the deeper.
