And now you're calling me an idiot for taking you seriously.
(Nods.)
Well, there's an obvious solution implicit in that datum.
I'll stop listening to you.
See, the problem is, even fully acknowledged as Biblical miracles, weren't even accepted, even by eyewitnesses or those one-level-away (the Resurrection wasn't even accepted by one of the *Apostles*, so it wasn't a hardened heart due to sin).
And at Pentecost, where 3,000 were added to the faith, even some of the people who heard it said the Apostles where just drunk ("they are filled with new wine.")
So, it's possible even for sola scriptura accredited phenomenon, to be ignored or explained away.
Therefore, the explaining away, is not sufficient grounds to discredit it.
The term UFO was written by me to identify the silver disc the eyewitnesses reported buzzing the crowd.
Ridicule all you need to, but don't take the mark of the beast when it is offered/commanded to you, regardless of what fancy signs and lying wonders accompany the command. You might be of the 3/4 of humanity that are alive after the Rapture and subsequent catastrophies that follow. In that case do not take the mark.