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In An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Hume emphasizes his belief that all knowledge is based upon our own experience. The foundation of Christianity is based on the testimony of the Apostles, who supposedly witnessed the miracles of the Savior, Jesus. Through these miracles the Savior proved his divine mission and thus, the backbone for Christianity was formed. The testimony of the Apostles is not knowledge based upon our own experience, but rather on the experiences …showed first 75 words of 1114 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1114 total…job, there has to be a better one out there. Similarly, if it’s this world that we are not content with or just our lives on it, there has to be someplace better to go. So we invent religion as a vessel to carry hope to those who have faith in it. While the miracles which religions are based on may be false, it is the message they deliver that help some people survive.