External world amounts to philosophical hypocrisy

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Do you agree with David Hume that appealing to Gods existence in order to support the belief that there is an external world amounts to philosophical hypocrisy? Why or why not? Hume also believes that all metaphysical beliefs (any belief no based on direct sense experience) should be comitted to the flames because it cannot be empirically justified. This included beliefs about God, human freedom, universal moral laws. Do you agree with Hume?

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