Name: Unbiased Ancient Historians & Biased Modern Day Ones - Ep.311 - Miracles - Part 2
Uploaded: 2025-02-24T11:26:28+00:00
Duration: 32 min 37 s
Description: Before we dig into Hume, we finish our discussion on unbiased ancient historians and then bring in the fact that modern-day historians tend to be more biased. Both cases interact with miracle claims b

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Before we dig into Hume, we finish our discussion on unbiased ancient historians and then bring in the fact that modern-day historians tend to be more biased. Both cases interact with miracle claims but it seems that ancient historians tend to deal with those claims in a more fair way than modern skeptics.

Timeline:
00:00 - Introduction
02:13 - Ancient Writers Did Include Miracle Accounts Without Sensationalizing Them
05:02 - Livy & Tacitus - Ancient Historians Who Did Not Deny Miracles
06:20 - Known Historical Fiction Vs. Known Historical Facts
07:48 - "It Is Said..." Was Said By Ancient Historians To Allow People To Make Up Their Own Minds
09:04 - Ancient Historians Were Not Radical Enlightenment Skeptics But They Did Know Levels Of Evidence Of Miracles
10:27 - Ancient Plausibility Structures
12:29 - Josephus - A Jewish Writer To A Greek Audience When It Comes To Miracles
13:19 - Luke - A Greek Writer Of Miracles And Understands They Are Weird
15:32 - Modern Western Skepticism Towards Miracles
17:06 - No Need To Assume Modern Anti-Supernaturalism Reading Of History
18:54 - Our Cultural Limitations When It Comes To Miracle Claims In History
21:16 - Our Privileged Particular Western Worldview When It Comes To History & Miracles
25:56 - Historians And The Limits Of Their Experience Effects Their Work
30:16 - Overview Of Ancient Historian Claims Of Miracles & Current Historians Bias
32:09 - Conclusion