Swinburne's principles of credulity and testimony

• The Principle of Testimony 


  If someone says an event has happened then it probably has unless we have solid reason to doubt them
• The principle of credulity 


  If an event seems to have happened, then it probably has. To doubt other’s testimonies and evidence in favour of a miracle, means we must doubt historical and scientific claims too
• Miracles could be, but never are, contradictory. True miracles from any source, show the power and benevolence of God, not details of doctrine.
• Context

  For Swinburne, though the existence of God cannot be proved by logical arguments (such as the Ontological Argument), nevertheless our experiences of the world suggest that God probably exists, and religious experiences are a part of this probability argument.