Miracles and the case for theism

✍ Scribed by Victor Reppert

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 1989
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 982 KB
• Volume: 25
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0020-7047
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00141026

✦ Synopsis

I wish to examine the question of whether miracles can play a significant part in a case for theism. Although some Christian apologists claim that the evidence for certain miracles is sufficient to prove to all reasonable persons that God exists, I think J.L. Mackie is right in arguing that this claim is mistaken. But I will also argue that Mackie is mistaken in contending that miracles cannot form part of a case for theism. If there is evidence that certain events deviate from the ordinary course of nature, and if affirming the existence of God would render that evidence more comprehensible than otherwise, then it must be admitted that evidence that these events have occurred is evidence that God exists.