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In the absence of evidence that the pope had cheated by using scientific means, or that another person had even without the pope's knowledge, then yes I would tend to believe him.

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If the Pope told you that God told him to tell you to kill your family, would you believe him? (And would you do it?) Why or why not?

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This is obviously not what the OP's question is about, but rather about a miraculous event having already occurred. And I am not bound by injuctions, even from the pope, that are contrary to the moral law.

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So, you'd believe the Pope if he said he performed a miracle, but you'd not believe him when he told you that God told him to tell you to kill your family. Because, obviously, the Pope would be lying then, right? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Oh, and if God says to kill your family, then the moral thing to do would be kill your family -- just ask NotReady.