Frustrating when people ask you to support your claims instead of just accepting them and patting you on the back, isn't it?
The dictionary is always a good choice if you really don't know what something means, but in general evidence is that which shows something to be true. If you can't show it, you don't know it.
As for what evidence would convince me of god, some atheists give answers that are a little dodgy for my taste, saying that they don't have to answer because an omniscient being should know what evidence they need to see and an omnipotent being should be fully capable of showing it to them. Personally, I'm willing to go ahead and set the bar, knowing that theists still won't hit it.
I would be intrigued, for example, if prayers to one particular deity had consistent, measurable, demonstrably better results than praying to other deities or not praying at all. I'm sure some atheists would say that this wouldn't suffice as evidence for the existence of whichever god it was, and maybe that's true, but if prayers to one god were demonstrably more effective than prayers to any other or no prayers at all, then I would be extremely curious as to why that's the case. It never is, though. Study after study shows that prayer is not effective one way or another, regardless of which deity or being is impeached. Praying to Jehovah has about the same demonstrable impact as praying to Oscar the Grouch.
The dictionary is always a good choice if you really don't know what something means, but in general evidence is that which shows something to be true. If you can't show it, you don't know it.
As for what evidence would convince me of god, some atheists give answers that are a little dodgy for my taste, saying that they don't have to answer because an omniscient being should know what evidence they need to see and an omnipotent being should be fully capable of showing it to them. Personally, I'm willing to go ahead and set the bar, knowing that theists still won't hit it.
I would be intrigued, for example, if prayers to one particular deity had consistent, measurable, demonstrably better results than praying to other deities or not praying at all. I'm sure some atheists would say that this wouldn't suffice as evidence for the existence of whichever god it was, and maybe that's true, but if prayers to one god were demonstrably more effective than prayers to any other or no prayers at all, then I would be extremely curious as to why that's the case. It never is, though. Study after study shows that prayer is not effective one way or another, regardless of which deity or being is impeached. Praying to Jehovah has about the same demonstrable impact as praying to Oscar the Grouch.
Verbatim from the mouth of Jesus (retranslated from a retranslation of a copy of a copy):
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
"Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you too will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. How can you see your brother's head up his ass when your own vision is darkened by your head being even further up your ass? How can you say to your brother, 'Get your head out of your ass,' when all the time your head is up your own ass? You hypocrite! First take your head out of your own ass, and then you will see clearly who has his head up his ass and who doesn't." Matthew 7:1-5 (also Luke 6: 41-42)
Also, I has a website: www.RedbeardThePink.com
