Considerations of why religious believers accept that miracles occur

A religious believer accepts that God exists and if there is strong historical evidence that a miracle has occurred, it seems reasonable to believe that it has, as long as there seems to be a suitable motive for God acting in this particular way

The nature of God as loving and compassionate may be another reason why religious believers accept that miracles occur; God, in his love, might be expected to intervene through compassion

Evidence from sacred writings

• The sacred writings of many religions record supernatural events to vindicate the claims of those who are accepted as God's messengers on earth
• Some historians, such as Carl Brooker, argue that miracles cannot be the object of historical investigation since miracles…