FREE ESSAY ON MISSION IMPOSSIABLE

MISSION IMPOSSIABLE

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE
In reading the ideas of David Hume, I have came to believe that he was telling us the
miracles don't exist. They are sort of a "Mission impossible." 
We have no evidence that they exist. Some might say that religion gives us examples of
miracles. But there are no facts to support their miracles. If there ever was, then they
were lost over the many years. People might also say that miracles happen all the time,
but it's just not true. Everything that happens has some scientific fact or law behind in
no matter how small.
So to put it all in perspective, Hume's argument against miracles centers around his
fundamental position on causality. He claims that the human notion of cause and effect is
ungrounded in empirical evidence, but rather given only reasonable probability through
continuous reinforcement. I.e., I touch fire I feel pain. This does not eccesitate that
when I touch fire I will always have to feel pain, but rather I have no good reason to
think that it will not happen. Therefore his argument against miracles says that no one
has good reason to believe that events outside of the witnessed laws of nature should
ever occur. Miracles are for Hume irrational beliefs where causal belief is not absolute
but rather probable. 
The problem is, what do you define as a miracle?
An event that goes against the laws of nature or the fact that we even exist is a
miracle... certainly it is highly probable that we shouldn't!