Mutual Support and Miracles

In this "nerdy" addition to our podcast collection, I discuss how the issue of mutual support relates to the issue of circular reasoning and how both of those relate to miracle reports. How can we acknowledge that the deity of Jesus supports the claim that he performed a miracle and that a report of a miracle supports the deity of Jesus without reasoning in a circle?  Here is the JSTOR link for the Erkenntnis article that discusses this more technically. 

It is (I'm afraid) available only if you have institutional access to JSTOR, but some readers will. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40267466?seq=1 Here is an accompanying blog post with the diagram and more discussion.  https://lydiaswebpage.blogspot.com/2021/01/miracle-reports-independence-and-mutual.html 

Here is my new author page on Facebook, which I mention in the episode:  https://www.facebook.com/lydiamcgrewauthor 

For a closeup of the graphic, see here:  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iX9z2EEZFNdPXJCoTR52WLMasGSDwr62/view?usp=sharing 

Next up: A discussion of the account of the man born blind in the Gospel of John. 

Originally uploaded Jan 11 2021