Nov
27
Unnatural
Filed Under Devotional
The secular scientist uses the argument against miracles first suggested by David Hume. Hume’s “proof” goes something like this:
1) There is immutable regularity in the time-space universe, which can be called natural law.
2) The historian must use historical evidence to judge the probability or possibility of an event including a purported miracle.
3) Miracles, by definition, fall outside the parameters of the regularity of the time-space universe and are therefore contrary to natural law in a way that historical evidence cannot mitigate.
Imagine we are in a court case involving a burglary and the judge announces that although there are eyewitnesses to the event, he will not allow their testimony because their account of the event does not match a predetermined set of rules for burglaries. Only testimony from witnesses that fits the rules will be allowed. In other words, it doesn’t matter how many people agree that it happened a certain way. Their account is just too far-fetched to be believed (by definition).
Never mind the written accounts of miracles by eyewitnesses and historians. They don’t count because what they saw doesn’t fit the rules I made up. Oh, and don’t mention who made the natural laws.
“To these He also presented Himself alive after His suffering, by many convincing proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days and speaking of the things concerning the kingdom of God.” Acts 1:3
“then He appeared to James, then to all the apostles;” 1 Corinthians 15:7
I don’t know, guys. It just seems to me that way too many people saw Jesus after His death. It really is unnatural when you think about it.