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Archived (((The Problem With Miracles - Sam Harris))) (youtube.com)
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[–] PeaceSeeker 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
From Matt Nelson:
The tests being conceptual basis, alternate cause (is it actually miraculous), historicity, and divine purpose. Remember a miracle must be something beyond the powers of created nature. This can apply to the event itself or the cause. Curing a fever or a storm calming are natural events - but when they occur at direct command, they are miraculous, since such things are not a part of created nature.
Conceptual basis applies to whether miracles are expected or predicted by those claiming to have performed them. Buddha condemned miracles as a power distracting from enlightenment, and the Qur'an says God is capable of miracles to serve as signs but that Muhammad is a prophet sent without a sign (lmao) - so we would not expect to take claims about Buddha or Muhammad performing miracles seriously, and at least in the case of Muhammad, there aren't many such claims anyway, and none possess good historicity.
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