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In Hume's dialogues, Philo says: "I will allow, that pain or misery in man is compatible with infinite power and goodness in the Deity, even in your sense of these attributes: What have you advanced by all these concessions? A mere possible compatibility is not sufficient. You must prove these pure unmixed, and uncontrollable attributes from the present mixed and confused phenomena, and from these alone." What does he mean by 'present mixed and confused' phenomena?

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What he meant by 'present mixed and confused' phenomena was that there are good situations or events presented on a daily basis as well as negative situations and occurrences presented daily. And humans have to deal with them properly.

That is why he wrote that people "must prove these pure unmixed, and uncontrollable attributes from the present mixed and confused phenomena, and from these alone."

We are talking about Scottish philosopher David Hume's ideas on religion expressed in his book "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion," written in 1779.

In this work, Hume created three characters/philosophers named Cleanthes, Philo, and Demea, whose ideas analyze the existence of God.