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Single Idea 2228
[filed under theme 28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / e. Miracles
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Full Idea
There must be a uniform experience against every miraculous event, otherwise the event would not merit that appellation.
Gist of Idea
All experience must be against a supposed miracle, or it wouldn't be called 'a miracle'
Source
David Hume (Enquiry Conc Human Understanding [1748], X.I.90)
Book Ref
Hume,David: 'Enquiries Conc. Human Understanding, Morals', ed/tr. Selby-Bigge/Nidditch [OUP 1975], p.115
The
13 ideas
with the same theme
[seeing unnatural events as proof of God's existence]:
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20716
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False prophets will perform wonders to deceive even the elect
[Mark]
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5974
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People report seeing through rocks, or over the horizon, or impossibly small works
[Plutarch]
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7902
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The Buddha made flowers float in the air, to impress people, and make them listen
[Mahavastu]
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4827
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Priests reject as heretics anyone who tries to understand miracles in a natural way
[Spinoza]
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4868
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Trying to prove God's existence through miracles is proving the obscure by the more obscure
[Spinoza]
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12571
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If miracles aim at producing belief, it is plausible that their events are very unusual
[Locke]
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5030
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Miracles are extraordinary operations by God, but are nevertheless part of his design
[Leibniz]
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12909
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Everything, even miracles, belongs to order
[Leibniz]
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12784
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Allow no more miracles than are necessary
[Leibniz]
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2227
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A miracle violates laws which have been established by continuous unchanging experience, so should be ignored
[Hume]
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2228
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All experience must be against a supposed miracle, or it wouldn't be called 'a miracle'
[Hume]
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2229
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To establish a miracle the falseness of the evidence must be a greater miracle than the claimed miraculous event
[Hume]
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7636
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It can't be more rational to believe in natural laws than miracles if the laws are not rational
[Ishaq on Hume]
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