In many cases, a rejection of this “supernaturalist” worldview or bias against the possibility of miracles is to blame for a person’s skepticism of the Gospels. We have already seen in chapter 3 that it is not warranted to reject the possibility of miracles a priori (i.e., before examining the evidence).9 A more reasonable approach would involve employing an “open” historical-critical method and making an inference to the best explanation.
