If evidence for god is in abundance, why is faith necessary?

[pocaracas]

There is evidence - look at the universe. Look at life - how could this have happened by chance?

I think you don't understand the concept of chance.
Should I edumancate you?... meh... nothing better to do.

Chance, or luck, is the term used for when the outcome of some system cannot be predetermined by humans.
It simply means that the system has too many dependencies, too many moving parts, too many variables for us lowly humans to account.
If you could account for every single variable, chance wouldn't be necessary.

From there, it's just a matter of what deity makes best sense, and from there, the Bible provides a lot of evidence (yup, your forums have been invaded by a Christian - I was once an atheist so I get it).

bah.... I was born and raised on a traditionally catholic country. I know it all, too!
Actually, no, I never cared for the Bible, nor the Quran, nor the Vedas, nor the Torah, nor the Red Book of Westmarch...

And you want "evidence"? From the Bible?
The only sort of evidence found on the Bible is circumstantial... places are named which were real. Some activities are described that could plausibly be done by the people at the time.
But all this sort of evidence can be found on any Marvel comic book, too - Spiderman is in New York, his uncle drives a car and is married to his aunt. His uncle gets shot and dies... just like normal people! Amazing!

I guess, ask me about it - I'll try and respond, but I'm not sure how to turn on notifications for this site.

There are no notifications... the best thing is the "My posts" button.



You were once an atheist, you say?...

Define atheist.