Lumifer comments on Questions on Theism - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 16 October 2014 09:07:34PM 1 point [-]

generates an extremely impressive body of miracle claims

Keep in mind that Christianity was the dominant religion of the West for a very long time and it certainly had enough incentives to assert, promote, and otherwise, um, sanctify a large number of miracle claims. All strange and unexplained events (as long as they are beneficial) would be classified as miracles in a deeply Christian society.