Originally posted by Adrift
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And if you believe that all the non-Christian odd/rare events (miracles) are of Satan's doing, how do you know that all the "miracles" claimed by Christians are not also the work of Satan?? There is NO WAY you can prove that they are not! Unless Christians can prove that prayers to Jesus incur a higher healing rate, you cannot prove that Jesus has healed one single person. Neither can you prove that "God" is behind all these events. If you believe that Satan has the power to perform these acts, then ALL miracle claims could be the work of Satan. So miracles could confirm the existence of an evil Being, but they wouldn't be proof of a good Being, a benevolent God, would they?
Skeptics cannot prove that miracles do NOT happen, and theists cannot prove that they DO happen. The only thing we can look at are probabilities based on past human experience. And past human experience tells us that very odd, very rare events do happen, and the overwhelming majority of these events have several or at least one natural, more probable explanation.
As Dr. Johnson said in the article, theists cannot prove that miracles occur. It is impossible. If they want to believe they occur by faith, go for it. But I challenge anyone on TW to prove any one of Keneer's miracle claims cannot have a natural, non-miracle explanation.
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