22 God and Abstract Objects

Theological problems-such as that alleged about the co-existence of God and abstract objects-sometimes result from failures to update our beliefs and attitudes and sometimes from philosophical myopia. In this paper, I argue that each features in both the generation of and the attempted solutions to this socalled problem. I will argue, first, that at some stage of inquiry the theologically minded should have taken an “all bets are off” attitude toward the principle that helps to generate the problem. Second, I will argue that even if the theological principle is retained, the required philosophical assumptions should have been recognized as dubious enough to remove any theological urgency to the problem.