“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence”

“Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence” This phase raises three questions. 1. Why do extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence? 2. What makes an event extraordinary? 3. Are miracles extraordinary? Here are some resources that challenge this position: Dr. William Lane Craig: Dr. Timothy McGrew: Steve Hays: http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2017/05/sagans-slogan.html?m=1 http://triablogue.blogspot.it/2013/02/extraordinary-ets-require-extraordinary.html?m=1 http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2014/10/are-miracles-extraordinary.html?m=1 https://triablogue.blogspot.com/2017/09/tails-up.html Calum Miller: https://calumsblog.com/apologetics/extraordinaryclaims/ Tyler Vela: http://freedthinkerpodcast.blogspot.com/2015/12/naturalism-of-gaps-round-2.html?m=1 Dr. Greg Bahnsen: Greg Bahnsen Provides Edward Tabash (& Carl Sagan) Extraordinary Evidence For Christianity Continue reading “Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence”

Hume looking for a miracle

Ever since Hume, it has been asked whether a miracle could ever occur. He defined a miracle as ‘a transgression of a law of nature by a particular volition of the Deity’. Tyler Vela: A Hume Divided Dr. Timothy McGrew: McGrew on Hume Do miracles break the laws of nature, as David Hume claimed? Dr. Stephen Meyer: Do Miracles Violate the Laws of Nature? Alvin Plantiga: Do Miracles Violate the Laws of Nature? Does Science Show That Miracles Can’t Happen? Dr. Craig Keener: Why don’t miracles happen whenever somebody needs them? Dr. William Lane Craig: How should we define miracles … Continue reading Hume looking for a miracle