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Michelle Holcroft 12LN Do Accounts of Miracles Support The Belief in God? The definition of a miracle is a violation of the "laws of nature", it is an exception that is beyond all naturalistic explanations, meaning they must be explained supernaturally. So do accounts of miracles support the belief in God? Firstly, one must decided whether there is sufficient evidence to prove the existence of miracles, something that people have disagreed about a lot. A McKinnon says that natural laws are just descriptions of the 'actual course of events' so to say that a natural law has been violated would be a contradiction, these events merely show that our natural laws are at present inadequate. On the other hand, McKinnon's argument presupposes the exclusivity of naturalistic explanations and there is no a priori reason as to why a presupposition should be accepted, unless one can prove that supernatural causal activity is impossible. Also,...

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