Johnny Skeptic

Why in the world would any skeptic object to miracles? Who wouldn't want a God, an advanced alien being, or possibly a beautiful witch like Samantha Stevens, to be available to help us with our many problems? If I believed that there was only a 10% chance that miracles exist, I would go out of my way to research the matter thoroughly and hope that I would discover that they exist.

yalla

I'm not exactly sure what "sceptic'' fully implies and I will speak only for myself.
[And I presume your post is based on the miracles of Eusebius in the other thread.]
For me a sceptic is a person who does not accept without question. Evidence and logic are required to get me to accept a particular phenomenom. Such as miracles.
And I don't see any evidence for the laws of nature having been superseded at any time.
So if I see or hear about something that is wildly contrary to the laws of nature, walking on water, rising from the dead and "supernatural, mysterious power'' stopping bears and panthers from devouring Christian martys [Eusebius Ecc. Hist. 8.7] spring to mind, then I am ''sceptical'' ie. very doubtful.
And it's not because I am "pre-judiced'' ie pre judging, but quite the opposite. Judging evidence, natural laws, human behaviour and logic in the past, and applying such to the 3 examples above, leads me to the judgment that these miracles, and others, did not occur.
When I was a little kid, about 8 years old, I was told at Sunday school that JC walked on water. My reaction was that that was just plain silly.
So I stopped attending.