Many naturalists reject the Bible as veridical because it in contains reports of miracles, and yet many of these same individuals say they would be willing to believe the Bible if they ever experienced a miracle. I’ve heard some Christians cry “Inconsistency!” at this point, noting that the atheist uses miracles as both his grounds for disbelieving as well as his grounds for believing. If the miraculous is the reason for his disbelief, how could it serve as the basis for his belief?
I don’t think there is any inconsistency here at all. While they reject the Bible because of their belief that miracles do not occur, they recognize that if they were to personally experience a miracle it would prove that miracles are possible after all, and thus the Biblical report of miracles would become plausible, and perhaps even credible.
December 23, 2011 at 3:26 am
John 12:9-11 (NIV)
9 Meanwhile a large crowd of Jews found out that Jesus was there and came, not only because of him but also to see Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.
10 So the chief priests made plans to kill Lazarus as well,
11 for on account of him many of the Jews were going over to Jesus and believing in him.
Jason,
many religious jews believed on Jesus because of the the miracle of Lazarus being raised from the dead.
How much more than should Atheists see miracles? However if one demands miracles is that the problem?
I wonder what your thoughts are on the link below about miracles. Please click and read article below. Thank You For Your Attention
http://www.gotquestions.org/miracles-Bible.html
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