If I hear a report that a miracle happened, somewhere, some obvious possibilities are:

(1) A miracle happened. (2) Something happened that very much looks like a miracle, but a natural explanation can be found. (3) Someone very cleverly arranged events that looked like a miracle. (4) Someone with too much fantasy observed events that were a bit unusual and declared them to be a miracle. (5) Someone or some group got all excited about nothing and declared a miracle when nothing unusual actually happened. (6) Some people try to make themselves look important by falsifying claims of a miracle. (7) A newspaper made up a story from absolutely nothing.

From the report I heard, I have to decide which explanation I think most likely. Deciding that (1) is the most likely is very, very difficult.

What Hume says is different, of course: I have many years of life experience that tells me that miracles don't happen. Hume says that is something happens that is totally contrary to my life experience, and totally believable, just as my life experience to me is totally believable, then we have a stale mate between life experience and miracle. And that's if the report of the miracle is 100% believable.

I would add that the sum of my life experience has changed after the event. That report of a miracle is now part of my life experience, so my life experience isn't anymore that "miracles cannot happen". If there is another report that is 100% believable, and then another one, then eventually you would change your mind.

If I hear a report that a miracle happened, somewhere, some obvious possibilities are:

(1) A miracle happened. (2) Something happened that very much looks like a miracle, but a natural explanation can be found. (3) Someone very cleverly arranged events that looked like a miracle. (4) Someone with too much fantasy observed events that were a bit unusual and declared them to be a miracle. (5) Someone or some group got all excited about nothing and declared a miracle when nothing unusual actually happened. (6) Some people try to make themselves look important by falsifying claims of a miracle. (7) A newspaper made up a story from absolutely nothing.

From the report I heard, I have to decide which explanation I think most likely. Deciding that (1) is the most likely is very, very difficult.

What Hume says is different, of course: I have many years of life experience that tells me that miracles don't happen. Hume says that if something happens that is totally contrary to my life experience, and totally believable, just as my life experience to me is totally believable, then we have a stalemate between life experience and miracle. And that's if the report of the miracle is 100% believable.

I would add that the sum of my life experience has changed after the event. That report of a miracle is now part of my life experience, so my life experience isn't anymore that "miracles cannot happen". If there is another report that is 100% believable, and then another one, then eventually you would change your mind.