The Miracle in Christianity According to David Hume

Abstract

This article examines the views of David Hume on miracles in Christianity
in his book “An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding”. Using a literature
approach and systematic analysis of David Hume’s writings, this research generates
several ideas. David Hume wrote that any miracle that happens in this world is a
violation of the laws of nature. Miracles destroy the natural order and are not in
line with the existing law of nature. David Hume opposed the idea of miracles
because he was a religious skeptic, against all things metaphysical and non-natural
to humans. Thus, David Hume rejected the truth filled with doubts and questions.
David Hume’s skepticism leads to the theory of deism, that God is a product of
human thought and He does not interfere with what He created.