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Historians can establish only what probably happened in the past, but miracles, by their very nature, are always the least probable explanation for what happened.
Jesus, Interrupted (2009)
They learn all this, and yet when they enter church ministry they appear to put it back on the shelf.
Jesus, Interrupted (2009)
Miracles, by our very definition of the term, are virtually impossible events.
Jesus, Interrupted (2009)
The Bible is not a unity, it is a massive plurality. God did not write the Bible, people did.
Jesus, Interrupted (2009)
It would be impossible, I should think, to argue that the Bible is a unified whole, inerrant in all its parts, inspired by God in every way.
Jesus, Interrupted (2009)
One of the most amazing and perplexing features of mainstream Christianity is that seminarians who learn the historical-critical method in their Bible classes appear to forget all about it when it comes time for them to be pastors.
Jesus, Interrupted (2009)
The chances of a miracle occurring are infinitesimal. If that were not the case it would not be a miracle, just something weird that happened. And weird things happen all the time.
Jesus, Interrupted (2009)
To put it differently, if Jesus claimed he was divine, it seemed very strange indeed that Matthew, Mark, and Luke all failed to say anything about it. Did they just forget to mention that part?
Jesus, Interrupted (2009)
If historians can only establish what probably happened, and miracles by their definition are the least probable occurrences, then more or less by definition, historians cannot establish that miracles have ever probably happened.
Jesus, Interrupted (2009)