(September 7, 2015 at 11:35 pm)Thena323 Wrote: I feel that actually witnessing a miracle firsthand would make me reconsider the possibility of the existence of a god. A miracle, to my understanding is not an occurrence that is just highly improbable or statistically unlikely. Another person's account of of a divine experience or miraculous event, is not something I would be able to consider.
If I were to witness something truly impossible happen with my own to eyes, I would be likely to consider there could be a force or forces operating outside the laws of physics, nature, etc.
I have seen a magician "saw a lady in half." Yet I have not even the slightest temptation to believe that a miracle occurred.
My question for you is this: How are you going to know that the "miracle" you witness isn't just a trick, a con job, to sucker you into believing some drivel?
Also, given the history of people "lying for a worthy cause," there are countless Christians who would be ready to do such a thing, if they were skilled enough to do it.
"A wise man ... proportions his belief to the evidence."
— David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X, Part I.