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23 Post author: Aiyen 08 October 2014 09:02PM

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Comment author: Unknowns 16 October 2014 08:51:47AM 0 points [-]

It is not sufficient to say "can people be easily deceived into believing in a miracle?" or "do people believe in miracles in a universe without God?" It is necessary to consider ALL of your evidence, which includes particular miracle claims that you know about in their particularity.

Comment author: MrMind 16 October 2014 09:14:55AM 0 points [-]

It is necessary to consider ALL of your evidence, which includes particular miracle claims that you know about in their particularity.

Exactly. But you still need a prior on those, from models of the world and first principles.