Miracles

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> Matthew Bell		

> <snip> Why don't you provide the conclusive evidence that miracles cannot happen?


BAKKE
This is a demand for proof of a negative existential proposition.  If
one affirms that miracles *can* happen, the burden of proof is on that
affirmant.  Until the affirmant has shouldered that burden, skepticism
about the affirmation is the more viable position.
Incidentally, did you know that the James Randi Education Foundation
offers a prize in excess of $1 million for any proof or demonstration of
anything supernatural?  Since a "miracle" would have to be a
supernatural event, if you can demonstrate one, you could become very
rich.  Are you up to it?



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