Wykstra and other skeptical theists argue that human cognitive access to the full range of divine goods and reasons is systematically limited, undermining any probability assignment over that space.
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Wykstra(as a philosopher name and key figure in this debate)
Stephen Wykstra is a philosopher who developed arguments about why God's reasons for allowing suffering might be beyond human understanding, similar to how a parent might do things a young child can't fully comprehend.
skeptical theism(Applied both to the problem of evil and to the argument from nonbelief)
A response strategy (originating in the problem of evil literature) that appeals to the limits of human knowledge about God's reasons, used to undercut evidential arguments against theism; the author notes it is 'badly named'