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W8 - B2 - CHAPTER 4
ACTS OF GOD?
Timothy Chappell
THE ARGUMENT
FROM MIRACLES
THE ARGUMENT
1- IF MIRACLES HAPPEN, THEN GOD EXISTS
2- MIRACLES DO HAPPEN? SO GOD EXISTS
Not all theists believe in miracles, p.129
BUT MIRACLES ARE CENTRAL
TO MOST RELIGIONS, p.129
JEWISH
MOSES & THE SEA
ISLAM
CORAN'S WRITING = MIRACLE
CHRISTIANITY
INCARNATION
&
RESURRECTION
OF JESUS
HAPPENS BOTH IN HISTORY AND TODAY - eg. LOURDES
DEFINITION
MIRACLE
EVENT THAT SCIENCE CANNOT EXPLAIN
AND WHICH SEEMS TO SHOW DIVINE INTERVENT°, p.131 (Timothy Chappell)
ABOUT HUME'S ARGUMENT
AGAINST MIRACLES
PETER KAIL'S
INTERPRETATION
PROOF VERSUS PROOF =
POSSIBILITY OF BOTH FOR/AGAINST
MIRACLES TO BE EQUAL (p.133 + audio)
HUME THINKS THERE COULD
BE A RELIABLE REPORT OF MIRACLE BUT
NEVER HAS BEEN, p.133
TIMOTHY CHAPPELL'S
INTERPRETATION
HUME'S CENTRAL OBJECTION =
WHAT IS LESS UNLIKELY - THAT SB MISINTERPRETED
AN EXPERIENCE? OT THAT MIRACLE
REALLY OCURRED?
HUMAN TESTIMONY, p.136
(Derek's example of cow and calves)
IS THE WITNESS RELIABLE?
IS THE EVENT LIKELY?
For Hume = both necessary
SO, 4 POSSIBILITIES
1- LIKELY WITNESS, LIKELY EVENT
2- UNLIKELY WITNESS, LIKELY EVENT
3- LIKELY WITNESS, UNLIKELY EVENT
4- UNLIKELY WITNESS, UNLIKELY EVENT
EXAMPLES
1- THE SECRETARY AND THE VISITORS
1- THE DAILY LIAR AND THE QUEEN'S SPEECH
3- YOU AND THE PRIME MINISTER HAND WALKING
4- THE PRIME MINISTER HAND WALKING AND THE DAILY LIAR
MIRACLES, p.139
MIRACLES = EXTREMELY
UNLIKELY EVENTS
EVENT IF WITNESS
HIGH CREDIBILITY SCORE
EVENT STILL TOO UNLIKELY
TO BE BELIEVED
BECAUSE VIOLATION
OF LAWS OF NATURE
THESE LAWS = ESTABLISHED
BY EXPERIENCE
TOMOTHY CHAPPELL'S
READING
HUME'S DEF OF MIRACLE
IMPLIES THERES NO MIRACLE
BUT DEFINITION OF MIRACLE
CAN BE DIFFERENT, OR LAW OF NATURE
CAN BE VIOLATED, p.142
HUME'S DEF OF MIRACLE
ITS A VIOLATION OF
LAWS OF NATURE