Religious experience can count as more than just confirmation bias, says Christian philosopher Max Baker-Hytch.
Article published in Unbelievable, July 2022
The latest episode of The Big Conversation featured a discussion between the Australian atheist philosopher of religion, Graham Oppy, and the French Christian philosophical theologian, Guillame Bignon. I listened to this episode with great interest as the topic of what one might call “providential coincidences” seldom gets discussed by philosophers of religion, despite the fact that these sorts of experiences are often a significant part of the way religious people arrive at their beliefs.