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It's not impossible to provide evidence, though.

It's not about science vs religion - it's about what you should accept as true. If there's no evidence, then you shouldn't accept it as true. But somehow, when it comes to religion, accepting things as true without evidence is a virtue. Just because a book, that's trying to convince you it's true, says that it's a good thing to accept its claims without evidence, that doesn't mean it's actually a good thing.

Of course. But that is no reason to accept things as true at face value. OK, some things yes, but important things, such as the existence of god, which would actually profoundly influence the way you live your life, those things require evidence and should not be accepted at face value.

And why not?

I find that perfectly acceptable. Unfortunately, I can't base my beliefs on your experiences, if your can't objectively demonstrate those experiences to me. I also cannot judge if your experiences are valid evidence for the existence of the supernatural, because I haven't experienced them and only have your testimony to go by.
I also think that unexplained things are just that - unexplained. You cannot draw conclusions from them.

P.S.: If you'd like to share those experiences, I'd love to hear about them smile

No offence, but this is all highly questionable. The incorruptibles are nothing remarkable, since spontaneous mummification and saponification are well-known phenomena. And the claim that they didn't decay even a little is not true. Some are in really bad shape, their faces covered by wax or silicone masks.

The second one is the first time I've heard of it, but I immediately thought paraidolia. People see Jesus and Mary in all kinds of objects.

The third one, called stigmata, has never been really proven to be of supernatural origin. Even the Catholic church doesn't recognize any case as authentic, except for the first one - St. Francis of Assisi. And that one was so long ago, that it's really hard to investigate its authenticity.
The most famous modern case of Pio of Pietrelcina, is highly questionable. Those fingerless gloves he wore all the time seem a bit suspicious, as is the fact that there were no scars or wounds present upon his death.

First time I heard of the fourth one. Any links to the video? Of course, I'd be hard for me to accept this one as true at face value. And I have the feeling it would be a bit more famous if it was that convincing.

P.S.: "Doing research" is more than just finding a bunch of stories, which you then immediately accept as true without questioning.

i would agree with Christianity being the most messed up. The inquisition killed and tortured thousands of people into admitting into crimes that were hardly crimes at all, things the probably didn't even commit, to be burned alive at a stake. Christians tell most other religions that they are going to hell every day of their life. they accuse many good people of being Satan, when in satanism, they think of Satan as this loving god. Now now, i know I'm just saying all the worst, but you must take into account these terrible things, and Christianity's tendency to force it's self upon others. I created my own religion, and am told by "good" Catholics and orthodox Christians that I'm the incarnate of Satan, and I'm going to hell, and I'm the Antichrist, every week, just because i oppose their views. That is why I think personally, Christianity is the worst of all religions.

Pope Leo the 10th said "This myth of Christ has served us well." Which proves, in my eyes, the age old theory that Catholicism was made to take over the world, and it worked at the time.

Sorry if I'm ranting and raging like a troll, but it felt good to get all that out.