[mas cerveza por favor]

any charismatic fellow who is articulate enough can convince people that this SOMEONE spoke to him and now y'all better listen up. Worked for Abraham, worked for Moses, worked for Jesus, worked for Mohammed, worked for Jim Jones, worked for that nut who started the Mormon church

Not exactly. Moses was not a charismatic speaker but backed up his words with a multitude of miracles, as did Jesus. There have been spectacular, undeniable miracles in the Catholic Church, that rise above the more frequent faked miracles, at least once every few decades.

[A_perfect_lady]

You’d be amazed at how common miracles are. Why, the traveling salvation shows of the 1930s could heal people right there in the tent! They’d just rise up out of their wheelchairs and walk! Really! There were witnesses!