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"Of Miracles" by David Hume
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RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume
Pyrrho: Most likely, WLC would deny the occurrence of miracles that are not consistent with his particular brand of religion.  For some examples of the sorts of things I mean, you can take a look at some of the stories in Hume's essay, or take a look at:

http://infidels.org/library/modern/richa...kooks.html

I doubt that WLC will accept the miracle stories of Vespasian curing a blind man with his spittle, or curing a lame man by the touch of his foot, divinely made possible by the god Serapis.


The problem is that the Christian religion is so goofy about the supernatural that WLC and other believers have a smorgasbord of possible responses.  He could selectively play the skeptic and deny the alleged miracle took place at all.  He could affirm belief that it happened but was really the result of Satan's trickery.  He could even take the tack that the miracle happened and was really the working of Yahweh/Christ but was misunderstood by the witnesses.
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"Of Miracles" by David Hume - by Pyrrho - May 17, 2015 at 2:57 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by robvalue - May 17, 2015 at 3:26 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by Angrboda - May 17, 2015 at 4:42 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by nihilistcat - May 17, 2015 at 4:44 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by Pyrrho - May 17, 2015 at 5:53 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by JuliaL - May 17, 2015 at 9:47 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by nihilistcat - May 17, 2015 at 7:32 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by Pyrrho - May 17, 2015 at 9:05 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by nihilistcat - May 17, 2015 at 9:54 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by AFTT47 - May 17, 2015 at 9:07 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by abaris - May 18, 2015 at 1:49 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by bennyboy - May 18, 2015 at 6:50 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by nihilistcat - May 19, 2015 at 9:36 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by downbeatplumb - May 20, 2015 at 1:31 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by Dystopia - May 17, 2015 at 7:47 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by nihilistcat - May 17, 2015 at 8:51 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by Pyrrho - May 17, 2015 at 10:01 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by robvalue - May 18, 2015 at 12:36 am
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by JuliaL - May 18, 2015 at 1:04 am
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by robvalue - May 18, 2015 at 1:07 am
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by robvalue - May 18, 2015 at 2:21 am
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by Pyrrho - May 18, 2015 at 9:00 am
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by Silver - May 18, 2015 at 2:24 am
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by Angrboda - May 18, 2015 at 9:28 am
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by Pyrrho - May 18, 2015 at 11:20 am
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by Pyrrho - May 18, 2015 at 1:43 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by robvalue - May 18, 2015 at 2:19 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by Pyrrho - May 18, 2015 at 2:42 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by robvalue - May 18, 2015 at 2:51 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by Pyrrho - May 18, 2015 at 3:07 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by Crossless1 - May 20, 2015 at 1:08 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by Pyrrho - May 20, 2015 at 1:27 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by The Inquisition - May 20, 2015 at 4:48 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by Minimalist - May 20, 2015 at 1:32 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by Crossless1 - May 20, 2015 at 1:38 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by Pyrrho - May 20, 2015 at 2:14 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by Minimalist - May 20, 2015 at 2:04 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by cocunningham - May 20, 2015 at 2:18 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by Pyrrho - May 20, 2015 at 3:00 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by Minimalist - May 20, 2015 at 2:40 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by Pyrrho - May 20, 2015 at 5:50 pm
RE: "Of Miracles" by David Hume - by The Inquisition - May 20, 2015 at 6:33 pm

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