How Do We Prove That Things Exist? Flashcards by Bianca Nazareno | Brainscape

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How does a theist prove that God exists?

A

direct contact with God
accepts accounts that other people have experienced
God is the only logical explanation for the origin of the universe

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How do we prove that things exist?

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Personal experience - ‘I have seen it, so I know it exists’
Reliable evidence - ‘I have not seen it but other people have convinced me that they have, so I accept his existence’
A logical reason

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Describe an agnostic perspective

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Any evidence produced by theists do not prove existence of God.

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