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    It is not the case that Without knowing the space of possible God-justifying reasons, probabilistic claims about their existence are epistemically ungrounded.

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    • 1.We can assign probabilities to hypotheses despite incomplete knowledge of underlying mechanisms, as in quantum mechanics and medicine.
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    • 2.The argument proves too much: it would paralyze probabilistic reasoning about any complex domain with deep unknowns.
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    • 3.Subjective Bayesian approaches allow rational credence assignments even with limited conceptual frameworks about outcome spaces.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.Probability assignments require a defined outcome space; without knowing possible God-justifying reasons, we lack this space.
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    • 2.Unknown unknowns about divine justification make frequency or credence assignments arbitrary rather than epistemically grounded.
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    • 3.Theological humility suggests our cognitive limits regarding God's reasons should constrain what probabilities we claim to know.
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