Summary: Hume states that experiences set our understanding of the laws of nature. Since miracles, by his definition, defy these laws, people should not believe that there exists an exception to the way we have discovered the world to work. One of Hume’s most basic ideas is that people’s experiences teach them about “matters of fact.” However, because each person’s view of the world is subjective, what one believes is a “matter of fact” does not necessarily have to be true. Often, people have to make judgements, weighing exceptions with common occurrences (371). Stories about miracles, then, have even less grounding in evidence. People tell about miracles through word-of-mouth. For instance, people may say that they have heard of someone who