(June 11, 2015 at 11:28 am)Cato Wrote:(June 11, 2015 at 11:23 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Oh boy...
Anima,
Are you suggesting that the performance of miracles is historical fact? Or did you mean to omit this along with divinity claims?
Apologies. This was not an intentional omission. In this regard I am not sure of the historical stance. From what I last read some of the "miracles" have sufficient evidence to be supported as an historical fact (though not necessarily considered a miracle as much as historical unexplained or unnatural phenomenon). Other miracles do not have sufficient evidence to be supported as a historical fact.
So I guess my answer on this would be there is sufficient evidence to support the inference of some miracles (where miracles would be unexplained or unnatural phenomena) in association with the historical person of Jesus. From this one may make a further inference of divinity or coincidence leading back to the arguments of improbability covered by Steve in bullet 2.