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Originally Posted by pbradley
No, that isn't assuming it doesn't exist. That is assuming that it may or may not exist and, if it does exist, then it exists in a way different than the conventional definition of existence. The latter understanding is common to pretty much every monotheistic religion I can think of.
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That's still a mostly rational approach, though, used by theologians and philosophers presenting existentialism to rationals. A real monotheistic-existential approach would be, "I feel I
might go to hell, therefore God must exist."