The New Atheism by Michael Poole

Author:Michael Poole [Poole, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Lion Hudson
Published: 2011-02-18T05:00:00+00:00

and answers, ‘Atheism cuts through this non-quandary like the razor of Ockham.’[268] No God, no quandary! Hitchens believes that Ockham’s principle eliminates ‘supernatural’ explanations, including miracles:

Those who desire to certify miracles may wish to say that such recoveries [from ill health] have no ‘natural’ explanation. But this does not at all mean that there is therefore a ‘supernatural’ one… Once again the razor of Ockham is clean and decisive. When two explanations are offered, one must discard the one that explains the least, or explains nothing at all, or raises more questions than it answers.[147f.]

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