Testimony is Evidence

[Astonished]

1. Atheists have decided to be theists.
2. Such decision requires a major change to world view.
3. People don't make decisions that require major changes to world view without a clear metric to evaluate evidence.
4. There's no evidence for religious beliefs other than testimony.
5. Therefore, testimony is evidence which can be evaluated by a clear metric.

1. No. For someone to become convinced, that's not a decision, that's their brain accepting it on common logic or, more commonly, on the damaged area of the brain due to religious indoctrination. I cannot DECIDE to believe something. My brain has to accept the evidence enough to become convinced. There's no will involved. I cannot decide to believe I can levitate.

2. Not necessarily. Everyone's interpretation of religious bullshit is different. A person going from rational skepticism to incorporating a deistic god into it need not experience a great deal of change to their overall worldview.

3. You clearly don't know any stupid people. Though given how your mindset works, that is shocking.

4. There's no evidence for religious beliefs other than testimony. Fixed that for ya.

5. Nope. Is a scientific hypothesis evidence? An assertion is not evidence, it's the claim. It's what requires evidence to support it. You don't go to court, make the accusation, and then convict the motherfucker.