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A miracle is an event attributed to a supernatural agent even if there is a naturalistic explanation for the event.
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Do miracles have a probability of zero, or are they simply extremely unlikely events?
Tossing a fair coin so that it lands on the same side 200,000 times is unlikely (that is an understatement!) but possible. After all, every time you toss the coin there is no law that says it cannot l …
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Is Hume's famous quote on miracles equivalent to Sagan's extraordinary claim principle?
The two statements overlap. The difference is that Hume's is explicitly about improbable claims, whereas Sagan's extraordinary could mean more or other than improbable.
Hume's point can be stated in a …
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Should religiously significant coincidences be seen as miracles?
There are two aspects to this that spring immediately to mind.
The word miracle can be used to describe any particularly unlikely and beneficial event, so in that sense the accidental stoppage of a h …
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Does quantum mechanics make miracles merely coincidences?
No more than Newtonian mechanics does. Under either scheme improbable events can happen. Under both schemes the probability of an event such as the parting of the Red Sea is vanishingly low. Under nei …
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David Hume on Miracles
He's saying that he's only prepared to believe in something out of the ordinary if it seems more believable than the alternative explanations. It reminds me of a program on TV last night which showed …
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Can the Humean argument against miracles also apply to divine providence?
When you say 'we have never observed a non-human designer' you are begging the question. A theist could say that you are surrounded by the handiwork of a non-human designer, and that you yourself are …
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How does quantum mechanics affect the probability of macro events?
It depends on the nature of the events. Some physical systems are very susceptible to microscopic changes and others are not. Take a Geiger counter connected to the launch console of the US nuclear mi …
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Can a zero prior probability for some theories be justified?
Yes, if you have reason to suppose a phenomenon is impossible, you can allocate a zero probability to it. If later you find it is possible after all, then you were wrong in your initial assessment. Ba …
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Is there something a little artificial about 'miracles'?
Whether people chose to believe in a god, or in miracles, or that one type of miracle is more or less likely than another, is not a matter of logic. …
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Why do we need repetitive demonstration to accept miracles happening?
Miracles, on the other hand, are by definition extraordinary to the greatest degree, so they can't be given the automatic plausibility tick that we give to specific instances of commonplace events. … We went through that process with special relativity, general relativity, quantum theory, the Higgs Boson, black holes, and a host of other theories, so why should miracles get a free pass? …
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