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The myth of Jesus as miracle worker

One of his followers urged the Buddha to perform a miracle in order to attract some non-believers. The Buddha replied:

"I detest and will not undertake the so-called miracles of magic power and divination. I and my followers attract non-believers only by the miracle of truth."

-Digha Nikaya

Thus a holy man does not have to prove his holiness by being a miracle worker.

That Jesus was purported to do miracles then cannot be verified as truth but as anecdote.

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