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    Challenges→A categorical cumulative argument for a miracle claim depends on the overall balance of natural theology and atheological arguments such as the problem of evil

    If miracle probability assessments are epistemically tractable without resolving prior theistic probability, then the problem of evil and natural theology are contingent rather than necessary inputs to the cumulative case.

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    Epistemically tractable(describing whether we can assess miracle probabilities)
    Possible to figure out or know using reason and evidence, without running into impossible logical problems.
    Natural theology(Associated with Paley's 1802 book of the same name; sometimes used to refer to this approach more broadly)
    A posteriori investigations of nature for the purposes of supporting religious theses
    Necessary(ontological distinction in Mulla Sadra's metaphysics)
    The principle, God; pure existence without essence, quality or property that undergoes change or motion
    Prior probability(Used to argue that theism's low prior probability is not overcome by ambiguous or absent evidence)
    The intrinsic probability of a hypothesis before taking any evidence into account
    Theistic probability

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    (what needs to be resolved to assess miracles)
    The likelihood or chances that God exists, based on available reasoning and evidence.
    contingent(De Interpretatione 12–13)
    Equated with 'possible'; on the two-sided interpretation, contingency excludes necessity (possibility implies non-necessity).
    cumulative case(Swinburne's overall apologetic methodology)
    A strategy of combining multiple independent C-inductive arguments so that their evidential weight together constitutes a P-inductive argument
    problem of evil(Used as a basis for arguing against the existence of the God of traditional theism)
    The philosophical challenge of vindicating God's moral attributes (particularly omnipotence and perfect goodness) in light of the existence of evil in the world

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