or a God from the dead, are facts outside human experience.

We should demand stronger evidence in support of an alleged fact
when the establishment of that fact was of great importance to
millions of men and women, than we should demand when the truth
or falsity of the alleged fact mattered very little to anybody.

The alleged fact of the Resurrection is of immense importance to
hundreds of millions of people.

We should demand stronger evidence in support of an alleged fact
when many persons were known to have strong political, sentimental,
or mercenary motives for proving the fact alleged, than we should
demand when no serious interest would be affected by a decision for
or against the fact alleged.

There are millions of men and women known to have strong motives--
sentimental, political, or mercenary--for proving the verity of the
Resurrection.

On all these counts we are justified in demanding the strongest of
evidence for the alleged fact of Christ's resurrection from the dead.

The more abnormal or unusual the occurrence, the weightier should be
the evidence of its truth.

If a man told a mixed company that Captain Webb swam the English Channel,
he would have a good chance of belief.

The incident happened but a few years ago; it was reported in all