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[[Image:Jhcfju6.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[C. S. Lewis]], photographed in 1947.]]

[[Image:Jhcfju6.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[C. S. Lewis]], photographed in 1947.]]

In relation to '''atheism and miracles''', modern scholars are divided on the issue of whether or not [[David Hume]] was an [[atheism|atheist]].<ref>Russell, Paul (Winter 2014).  [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hume-religion/#10 "Hume on religion"].  ''The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' website, Edward N. Zalta (ed.)  Retrieved on May 24, 2015.</ref>  With that caveat in mind, Hume is well known for arguing that it is always more probable that the testimony of a miracle is false than that the miracle occurred.<ref>Craig, Dr. William Lane, Ph. D. (1998).  [http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/docs/creation-providence.html "Creation, providence, and miracle"].  ''Philosophy of Religion'', Brian Davies (ed.) (Washington D.C.:  Georgetown University Press), pp. 136-162.  Retrieved from LeaderU archive website on May 24, 2015.</ref> Christian apologists [[William Lane Craig]], [[Norman Geisler]], [[C.S. Lewis]], [[JP Holding]], and others have shown the inadequacy and unreasonableness of Hume's position regarding miracles.<ref>Multiple references:

In relation to '''atheism and miracles''', modern scholars are divided on the issue of whether or not [[David Hume]] was an [[atheism|atheist]].<ref>Russell, Paul (Winter 2014).  [http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/hume-religion/#10 "Hume on religion"].  ''The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' website, Edward N. Zalta (ed.)  Retrieved on May 24, 2015.</ref>  With that caveat in mind, Hume is well known for arguing that it is always more probable that the testimony of a miracle is false than that the miracle occurred.<ref>Craig, Dr. William Lane, Ph. D. (1998).  [http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/docs/creation-providence.html "Creation, providence, and miracle"].  ''Philosophy of Religion'', Brian Davies (ed.) (Washington D.C.:  Georgetown University Press), pp. 136-162.  Retrieved from LeaderU archive website on May 24, 2015.</ref> Christian apologists [[William Lane Craig]], [[Norman Geisler]], [[C. S. Lewis]], [[JP Holding]], and others have shown the inadequacy and unreasonableness of Hume's position regarding miracles.<ref>Multiple references:

*Craig, Dr. William Lane, Ph. D. (1998).  [http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/docs/creation-providence.html "Creation, providence, and miracle"].  ''Philosophy of Religion'', Brian Davies (ed.) (Washington D.C.:  Georgetown University Press), pp. 136-162.  Retrieved from LeaderU archive website on May 24, 2015.

*Craig, Dr. William Lane, Ph. D. (1998).  [http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/docs/creation-providence.html "Creation, providence, and miracle"].  ''Philosophy of Religion'', Brian Davies (ed.) (Washington D.C.:  Georgetown University Press), pp. 136-162.  Retrieved from LeaderU archive website on May 24, 2015.

*Craig, Dr. William Lane, Ph. D. (1986).  [http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/docs/miracles.html "The problem of miracles:  A historical and philosophical perspective"].  ''Gospel Perspectives'', David Wenham and Craig Blomberg (ed.)(Sheffield, England: JSOT press), volume VI, pp. 9-40.  Retrieved from LeaderU archive website on May 24, 2015.

*Craig, Dr. William Lane, Ph. D. (1986).  [http://www.leaderu.com/offices/billcraig/docs/miracles.html "The problem of miracles:  A historical and philosophical perspective"].  ''Gospel Perspectives'', David Wenham and Craig Blomberg (ed.)(Sheffield, England: JSOT press), volume VI, pp. 9-40.  Retrieved from LeaderU archive website on May 24, 2015.