I guess it depends on where you are coming from. If you're a believer but are struggling with an issue or teaching, while still comfortable with the big picture, knowing God and trusting Him, then you're in a different place to view the evidence than someone who simply knows of God and isn't yet sure if the God they've learned about is myth or truth.
Presumably we aren't walking into this forum without ever having heard of God or Jesus ever before in our lives (at least those of us who are Catholic; I don't want to insult our atheist visitors). In some way we already know God and trust in Him. It is not a perfect relationship for any of us, but we do have enough to trust and have faith in God.
I very specifically chose the example of a husband and wife for this reason. We would not expect someone to banish his doubts about some woman that he has just met and who is only dating for the first time. That is why I stressed that we do not seek a blind faith. For all of us who have faith, we have faith for a reason.
Trust and faith do not arise randomly out of nothing. But they do allow us to quell doubts that we would have if we did not trust and have faith.
Talk of "extraordinary claims" rarely is productive. Often it is used to introduce the phrase "extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence," and it is almost always the case that "extraordinary claims" turns out to mean "things I find hard to believe" and "extraordinary evidence" means "more evidence than can possibly be produced." You have even noted that yourself: the claim that the man's wife is cheating on him is only "extraordinary" if he isn't already predisposed to believe it.
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