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Well, actually, "Leprechauns are real, a Leprechaun told me" is pretty good evidence for the existence of Leprechauns. Of course, exactly how good evidence it is depends on how trustworthy you and your eyes are.
It does indeed come down to "The Bible is the Word of God", which we believe because we were taught it. Again, there are worse reasons to believe things; I'm sure you all believe that 2 + 2 = 4, but how many of you have saw it proved, and how many of you just trusted your math teacher?
As far as validity of sources go, the NT, at least, is a pretty damn good one by historical standards. It was written relatively soon after the events took place, the manuscripts we have are quite old and quite numerous, etc. We have better reason to believe the events in the NT took place, prejudice against miracles aside, than for most events that happened in the ancient world.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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