"Testimonials".
There we come to the crux of the issue.
Testimonials are only evidence to those who are willing to accept the claims of others as evidence.
There are many things that could have caused so many people to "see" what they claimed to have "seen". They've all been explored in earlier responses and it won't do any good to repeat them all here.
One has to wonder why a deity would arrange such "miracles" in an isolated location instead of somewhere more important, such as Rome or another major city?
People can be easily stirred up to believe anything while in a religious fervour. We see it all over the world in many religions.
Claims are not proof. And I'm not inclined to believe claims.
There we come to the crux of the issue.
Testimonials are only evidence to those who are willing to accept the claims of others as evidence.
There are many things that could have caused so many people to "see" what they claimed to have "seen". They've all been explored in earlier responses and it won't do any good to repeat them all here.
One has to wonder why a deity would arrange such "miracles" in an isolated location instead of somewhere more important, such as Rome or another major city?
People can be easily stirred up to believe anything while in a religious fervour. We see it all over the world in many religions.
Claims are not proof. And I'm not inclined to believe claims.
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
