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"... there is really only one such religious or [philosophical] argument [sc. for a particular religion or world view] -- to the effect that we exist humanly at all only because we at least implicitly believe in this particular religion or world view and that, as a consequence, we must also believe it explicitly if our explicit [understanding of existence] is to be both complete and consistent. Otherwise put: the only really essential 'proof' of any particular religion or world view is to show that any and all of us are selves at all only because we at least implicitly believe in it and that, as a consequence, our faith must also become explicit lest the inventory of our explicit beliefs be either incomplete or inconsistent" (italics added).