Alex’s Reviews > Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts > Status Update

"More problematic, many critics today point out that the metaphysical assumptions informing Hume’s argument here do not work in light of modern physics. [...] Hume works in a deductive circle, as scholars often note. He argues, based on “experience,” that miracles do not happen, yet dismisses credible eyewitness testimony for miracles (i.e., others’ experience) on his assumption that miracles do not happen."

"What is important to note in this chapter is that the assumption that suprahuman activity is impossible is an interpretive grid, not a demonstrated fact. Contrary to what appeared to be the case to many intellectuals one or two centuries ago, history does not support a linear evolution of all cultures toward this perspective."