Assertion: miracle | /r/HasProperty | impossible
Facets:
value: likewise
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: General arguments against miracle claims fall into two broad classes: those designed to show that miracles are impossible, and those designed to show that miracle claims could never be believable.
text: 3.1.1 Arguments that miracles are impossible
text: Insofar as the definition of “miracle” in question is one that involves divine agency, any argument that demonstrated the non-existence of God would be eo ipso a demonstration that miracles do not take place; and an argument that demonstrated that the existence of God is impossible would demonstrate that miracles are likewise impossible.
text: Unbelievers, following Hume, deny that any testimony can prove a miracle, because they say miracles are impossible.
text: Dean Inge, following Rena, puts the case simply: No one says dogmatically that miracles are impossible; that is more than anyone can know.