ABSTRACT
Worldwide, more than 8 in 10 people identify with a religious group. A significant proportion of these are Christians, Muslims, and Jews. Some people are attracted to religion because it gives them a sense of belonging and meaning; others enjoy the rituals associated with the beliefs. There is also growing evidence that religion offers benefits in this world that are independent of the truth of those beliefs. Classical foundationalism is the idea that people can simply build up our picture of the world from self-evident, necessary truths and inferences and sense perception. In the second half of the twentieth century, classical foundationalism became increasingly untenable. A well-known example is the belief that other people have minds. Kenny Pearce distinguishes classical theism from traditional theism, the commitment among believers of the Abrahamic theisms in an omnipotent, omnibenevolent, and omniscient God. Graham Oppy defends the position that no gods exist.
