Introduction to belief in God as properly basic. [Unapologetic]
How do you know the past exists? Or that the world of external objects exists? The evidence for any foundational proposition has a properly basic belief that shows that it is so; for example: the past exists, which is grounded in the experience "I had breakfast two hours ago".
The ground for the belief that God exists comes from the experience of God, like "God forgives me" "God is with me now" and 'God can save me". As long as there is no reason to think that my sensory experience is faulty than the belief is warranted.
They are for the believer, the same as seeing a person in front of me is an experience, it could be misconceived, there may be nobody in front of me or a mannequin but it would still be grounds for the belief that "there are such things as people" in the absence of a reason to doubt my cognitive faculties I am warranted in my belief and it is properly basic.
Belief in God as a properly basic belief defenders teaching class by William Lane Craig:
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