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Nearly all human knowledge rests on testimony from credible witnesses, not direct personal observation

How You Can Know and Show Christianity Is True (Understanding Apologetic Methodology) 00:11:44 – 00:12:44

Defending testimony as a valid epistemological category in response to empiricist objections

Almost none of what people know about science, history, law, medicine, or biology comes from their own direct observation. Nearly all knowledge depends on testimony from credible witnesses. Even knowledge of scientific experiments is based on trusting others' reports. This grounds the legitimacy of the divine witness as a knowledge source.

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