Can't prove the supernatural God

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It may be reasonable to take a wealth of anecdotal evidence as sufficient if the claims being made are mundane.

But once they include extraordinary events, previously not even known to be possible, this should be reflected in the scepticism applied. To pretend these two scenarios are comparable is either naive or dishonest.

To me, no amount of anecdotal evidence would be enough in such a case, to be sure beyond reasonable doubt that something that extraordinary really did happen. We don't even know if the probability of it happening is above 0%. And we have a wealth of mundane and very plausible explanations that are far more likely. You have to already believe it happened, if you are to do anything other than dismiss it along with every other similarly extraordinary claim. What's special about the one from your religion? People make loopy claims all the time.

The fact that people still believe these claims after so long is only testament to how effective indoctrination is.

How many people would have to say that they saw a ghost commit a murder before you'd be willing to sign off on that in a court of law, and so drop the case?