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Akvod said:
Signalstar said:

The same reason I don't believe in Unicorns, wizards, witches, and hipporgriffs. I mean Gods do exist but only as creations of human minds.


What if your observations and senses were a creation of the human mind, or perhaps an evil demon?


Do you a  major in philosophy or have you studied it before? As firstly you mentioned how you love simplicity in which Swinebourne dictates in his theories, now Descartes meditation.

Here is the answer in the nutshell

In general it will follow from any state of thinking (e.g., imagining, sensing, feeling, reasoning) that I exist. While I can be deceived about the objective content of any thought, I cannot be deceived about the fact that I exist and that I seem to perceive objects with certain characteristics. (The famous statement of this from D.'s Discourse on Method is "Cogito ergo sum." or "I think, therefore I am.")



"Life is but a gentle death. Fate is but a sickness that results in extinction and in the midst of all the uncertainty, lies resolve."