Premise 3: If independent material things do not exist, God is a deceiver.
- as everything in external world will become an illusion
Premise 4: God is not a deceiver.
- He is perfect being and the quality of being all good is included in his perfection
Conclusion: Therefore, independent material things exist and possess essential properties, as my belief is a product of God's non-deceptive creation.
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