Re: Hume's bulldozer about lies vs. nature going out of it's course: if that worked it would just as convincingly refute Robin's belief in UFOs. Now I think Robin is wrong but the fact that this doesn't persuade a smart person like him casts some doubt on it's power.
You might say: but UFOs aren't a violation of natural law. Ok, but in th…
Re: Hume's bulldozer about lies vs. nature going out of it's course: if that worked it would just as convincingly refute Robin's belief in UFOs. Now I think Robin is wrong but the fact that this doesn't persuade a smart person like him casts some doubt on it's power.
You might say: but UFOs aren't a violation of natural law. Ok, but in the relevant sense why is divine intervention? If you really lived in a world where prayer caused miraculous intervention that would just be part of how the world worked. And many of them would have had indirect evidence of miracles much akin to Robin's UFO evidence.
Re: Hume's bulldozer about lies vs. nature going out of it's course: if that worked it would just as convincingly refute Robin's belief in UFOs. Now I think Robin is wrong but the fact that this doesn't persuade a smart person like him casts some doubt on it's power.
You might say: but UFOs aren't a violation of natural law. Ok, but in the relevant sense why is divine intervention? If you really lived in a world where prayer caused miraculous intervention that would just be part of how the world worked. And many of them would have had indirect evidence of miracles much akin to Robin's UFO evidence.