Talk:Of Miracles

Campbell Quotation

For future reference:

"What is the precise meaning of the words firm, unalterable, uniform? [...] Now since, as was remarked above, the far greater part of this experience, which comprises every age and every country, must be derived to us from testimony; that the experience may be firm, uniform, un-alterable, there must be no contrary testimony whatever. [...] almost all human histories are full of the relations of miracles and prodigies, which are violations of those laws. Here is, by his own confession, testimony against testimony, and very ample on both sides. How then can one side claim a firm, uniform, and unalterable support from testimony?"

— George Campbell, A dissertation on miracles, p. 31-32, London: T. Tegg, 1824 [1]

--Tim Sheerman-Chase 11:20, 16 March 2014 (CDT)