Overview
In considering the miracle of Christ’s resurrection in relation to Hume’s proposed criteria for when the testimony of a miracle is acceptable, which of the following criteria does the resurrection NOT meet?
- At least some of the witnesses were well-educated
- The miracle happened in or near a major cultural center
- The number of witnesses of the risen Christ, collectively and at different times, was sufficiently numerous
- The miracle happened in public
- None of the other answers is a criterionNOTmet by the testimonies for the resurrection
- At least some of the witnesses had something significant to lose if they were lying (or similarly, if they would not recant their testimony)