David Hume's idea regarding miracles
KI: What, if anything, would convince you that a miracle had occurred?
In order to accept the possibility of a miracle, I need to have faith that a higher being exist- a God or deity. We need to dissect the obscurities that lie within the question like the word “miracle.” It can be defined as an event that defies the laws of nature and in order to violate these laws- some force needs to put these laws in place. Newton’s law of inertia follows the ways of nature stating that an object that is not moving will not move until a force acts upon it and that an object that is moving will not change its velocity until a net force acts upon it. The law of inertia is reasonably sound and consistent against the test of time. A miracle would have to oppose and violate the guidelines under this law. There cannot be a logical explanation behind the miracle. A bullet suddenly stopping at the peak of its speed is a miracle when it is an inch away from piercing a person. Under this circumstance there is not possible reason for the bullet to stop for there isn’t any force that is halting the pathway of the bullet.
