Arguments against Miracles

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The argument which supports "a wise man proportions his belief to the evidence"
General Empiricist Argument
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Seven points made by Hume
Reliability of testimony
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Argued that God can't intervene in the world via miracles because of the Problem of Evil
Maurice Wiles
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Two qualities which God does not have which may affect His ability to perform miracles in the world
spacial temporal
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Argued that miracles call for a revision of the laws of nature
Augustine
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Put forward the example of the self-sustaining horse
Holland
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Put forward the example of the child's upset box of toys
Swinburne
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Type of significance which Swinburne and Holland claim miracles need
religious
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A problem with the idea of significance
subjectivity
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By (Hume's) definition, a miracle goes against all of our ___
experiences
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Hume argued that individuals may have been ___
misled
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Hume argued that individuals may have been ___
hallucinating
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Hume argued that miracle stories are ___
comforting
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Hume argued that people may ___ miracle stories
misreport
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Hume argued that miracles often happen in placed with little or no ___ ___
scientific understanding
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More miracles have happened here than anywhere else in the world
America
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Miracle stories may conflict if they are from ___ religions
different
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It is more like that an individual is ___ than that a miracle has occurred
lying
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The only true miracle to have occurred, according to MW
Creation
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Augustine and Hume argued that it is not ___ to believe in miracles
rational
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Seven points made by Hume

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Reliability of testimony

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Argued that God can't intervene in the world via miracles because of the Problem of Evil

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Two qualities which God does not have which may affect His ability to perform miracles in the world

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Argued that miracles call for a revision of the laws of nature

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