re: Satanic Temple puts up display at Michigan Capital

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No, that's only provisionally verifiable to the person who dies, if it's true. That's kind of a goofy way to define something as verifiable.

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I'm understanding "verifiable" to mean that a particular truth claim (belief) is able to be confirmed or denied. If I, personally, am able to verify whether or not my belief is true when I die, I count that belief as verifiable.

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If a proposition cannot be verified in a substantive way that can be shared with others, it's not verifiable.

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Why is the sharing of the outcome necessary for a proposition to be verifiable? Let's use this as an example:

Proposition - I believe that when the body dies, the soul goes to either Heaven or Hell depending on what a person believes while alive.

Outcome - Upon death, my goes to Heaven.

Does the outcome verify my proposition (belief)? I would say it does in this example, regardless of whether or not it can be shared with other living persons.

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Otherwise, the crazy lady next door could "verify" that she's being abducted by aliens every night. If she can't provide substantive evidence of this belief to others, then it's not verifiable

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What you are asking for is a scientific measure that can objectively prove or disprove a belief. What if no scientific measure exists due to the limitations of science, itself? Does that mean a person cannot verify a belief through experience?