Hume

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were to come back to life. This would be a miraculous event because
such an experience has not yet been commonly observed. In which case, his
philosophical view of a miracle would be true.

Hume critiques and discredits the belief in a miracle merely because it goes
against the laws of nature. Hume defines the laws of nature to be what has
been “uniformly” observed by mankind, such as the laws of identity and gravity.
He views society as being far to liberal in what they consider to be a miracle.
He gives the reader four ideas to support his philosophy in defining a true
miracle, or the belief in a miracle. These points leads us to believe that
there has never been a miraculous event established.

Hume's first reason in contradicting a miracle is, in all of history there has
not been a miraculous event with a sufficient number of witnesses. He
questions the integrity of the men and the reputation in which they hold in
society. If their reputation holds great integrity, then and ...

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lead to such strong
temptations, that we as individuals tend to lose sense of our own belief of
fantasy and reality. As individuals we tend to believe to find attention, and
to gossip of the unknown. Through emotions and behavior Hume tends to believe
there has been many forged miracles, regardless if the information is somewhat
valid or not.

His third reason in discrediting the belief in a miracle is testimony versus
reality. Hume states, “It forms a strong presumption against all supernatural
and miraculous events, that they are observed chiefly to abound among ignorant
and barbarous ancestors; or if civilized people has ever given admission to
any of them, that people will be found ...

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