"Of Miracles" by David Hume

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Oh yeah, I would say I don't believe it happened. I would be extremely confident it didn't happen, and indeed I would be worried about anyone who said otherwise. I just don't feel comfortable making statements of absolute certainty about anything unless it is a clear case of logical contradiction.

I believe very strongly there are no such things as miracles. But again, I wouldn't personally like to claim I know there are no miracles, or to state that there are none. With anything unfalsifiable, I would say I have no reason to believe it is true but cannot know it is false. Making an absolute claim feels dishonest to me, and is also overreaching which makes you vulnerable to the kind of crap WLC likes to fling. Once someone finds out I'm not saying something is false, it tends to take the wind out of their sails.

That's interesting, I wonder what sceptics would say. When I say about denying miracles I mean in the strongest possible sense, not just a statement of belief. I'd fully expect any sceptic to believe there is no such thing as miracles.

Maybe we need a poll