Evidence for a god. Do you have any ?

[Rahn127]

I have a book that details several stories about individuals who have grown arms & legs back on their body after they had been cut off in various accidents over the years. The book details exactly what they did to accomplish the regrowing of their limbs.

All of the stories are from the 14th century, so unfortunately we can't directly talk to the individuals listed in the book, but we do have letters from family & friends that show very clearly that these events took place.

The book costs only $1000 but it's a small price to pay when you compare it to getting back an arm or leg.

You asked what principles or reason led to my conclusions about what is or isn't evidence.

Skeptical thinking and rational reasoning tells me that a book containing stories about events that can't be verified, nor demonstrated to be true are not evidence.

Do you plan on buying my book for $1000 or would you prefer that I provide some evidence that what it contains is actually true or not ?

So then, you are saying, that I can deny any testimony, that I have not seen for myself.    By this standard, then I can say that there is no evidence for evolution.   There is no evidence against President Trump, I don't even have any evidence that Sweden exists (my apologies to Brian and ABBA)

First off, make reading comprehension a priority.
I presented the idea of a book that contains testimony from people in the distant past who are no longer alive or perhaps never were alive. The letters from family and friends are third-party accounts of what they were told happened.

Second, we need to verify that these people existed and it's not one big fictional story.

Third, we need to demonstrate the truth of what is claimed in the book.

The evidence for evolution is much more that testimony. We have current, hands on, physical evidence that can be examined by anyone with experiments that can be repeated for verification and validation.

As for Sweden, you may not currently have any evidence for Sweden in your possession, but you can obtain it quite easily by flying there.

When someone tells me they had cereal for breakfast, I can believe them based on testimony alone because it is an ordinary thing that many humans do.

If I required more evidence, the person could take a picture or invite me over to their house so that I can watch them eat a very soggy bowl of cereal.

If someone said they had a bowl of cereal this morning while aboard an alien spaceship in orbit around Alpha Centauri, then I'm going to need more than ordinary testimony before I would believe such a claim.

You don't have to personally be in a place to witness an event. What you do need however is enough evidence that can verify and demonstrate the truth of the claim.

Most of the time, police detectives aren't at the scene of the crime as it's happening. If they were, they would attempt to stop the crime from happening.

In a trial we rely upon the evidence presented to see if there is enough reliable evidence to vote for a guilty plea.

If there is not enough evidence presented, then we vote not guilty. Now this doesn't mean that the person accused is innocent. It simply means that the prosecution hasn't met their burden of proof by providing enough credible evidence for a guilty plea.