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Comment author: ChristianKl 24 December 2012 11:55:49PM 1 point [-]

And in fact, if one looks, much of the evidence for religious claims takes exactly the same form as History, because in fact, it is History (i.e. documents from the past purporting to say what has happened). I refer to the numerous historical documents in which it is claimed that events have occurred by supernatural agency, which are not possible by normal natural means. In other words, claims of miracles.

There are probably much more separate documents that documents the supernatural powers of Uri Geller than there are documents that document the powers of Jesus.

If we want to know whether eyewitness accounts of miracles are true we don't have to focus on pre-20st century claims.