You can never prove or show it probable that somebody experienced a miracle
A miracle is what is not naturally possible. It is a supernatural occurrence. It
is paranormal.
Religion uses miracles as evidence for the truth of its claims.
Miracles are events that seem to be against nature or the way natural law
usually runs. In other words, they cannot be explained by nature. Examples are
the Blessed Virgin Mary appearing to children, the unexplained cure of incurable
illness, blood coming out of nowhere on Catholic communion wafers, the sun
spinning at Fatima in Portugal in 1917 and most importantly Jesus Christ coming
back to life after being dead nearly three days. It is thought that only God can
do these things.
Suppose the Virgin Mary miraculously appears to some children. You discover they
show every sign of telling the truth. What you have evidence for is not that
Mary is appearing but that they are telling the truth as they see it. Believers
should be saying, "We believe they are being truthful that they are experiencing
apparitions possibly of the Blessed Virgin." They should not be saying, "We
believe Mary is appearing to them." It's not enough to prove they are having
apparitions. The important thing is who is appearing. But that can never be
proven. Miracle believers have a vicious circle, "John says Mary appears to him.
John is really having apparitions. Therefore Mary is appearing to him." That is
not an argument. It is assuming the thing that needs to be proven.
They are really saying, "There is no evidence that it is Mary they see therefore
it is Mary they see." This is a logical fallacy. They are putting the evidence
that the children tell the truth before the evidence that the entity is Mary.
They have to for the evidence that it is Mary does not exist. Mary cannot be
pleased by people who follow apparitions for they end up not following her but
deceiving themselves. They only seem to be her followers. Miracles lead only to
idolatry.
Another example of this fatal problem would be how the apostles testified that
they met Jesus Christ in visions after he rose from the dead.
If I control your perception of your wife, what you have the relationship with
is not her but this perception of her. She is not your perception of her. Even
if the perception is right at times, your motive is to follow the perception not
the truth.
Miracles speak of the believer's intent to believe in them because he wants to.
Truth is not his concern. For this reason, we should assume that God does not do
miracles and miracle reports are not based on the truth. This is not being
biased. You are not biased if you mistrust what is suspect.