Do Christians actually want evidence?

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I agree entirely but who said there isn't any evidence? You have evidence and different ways interpreting it. Now evidence isn't the same thing as proof no-one has that and no-one would claim such a thing. Proof would entirely negate the need for faith of course, if such a thing was even possible in relation to God. You can't prove the existence of something that doesn't exist in terms of matter, energy in the dimensions of time and space. You could potentially have evidence for existence of Zeus who would exist in that sense if he existed but hardily anyone has faith in Zeus these days so that's irrelevant.

Three things come to mind: One, there isn't any evidence for god, just philosophical tricks and spin papering over legitimate scientific discoveries with wishful thinking. Evidence can be provided easily and to anyone, and is concordant only with a single conclusion.

Two, what use is faith, that it has a need that can be negated?

Three, unless you can demonstrate that there's something other than matter, time and space, your claim that god lives beyond it and thus can't be tested is nonsensical, and begging the question.

So if something is very old it can't be any good? No-one with an education is saying the Bible is a reliable book of science but it isn't a scientific journal. If something was a genuine revelation of God thousands of years ago then it would still be a revelation of God today.

"If."

The problem of evil? That's been very seriously well covered in theology by now. What you have here is a natural world which can be seen as an arena for the action to take place, created for the purpose of generating beings with freewill who are subject to sin/flaws who will then have a genuine opportunity to have a relationship with God and live a life of good or evil.

And if I see a crime being committed, would you not say I have a moral duty to report it? If I see a rape in progress, would morality not dictate that it would be good to stop it? Does the fact that the rapist and criminal have free will in any way impact the moral nuances of the situations?

And yet your claim is that god, who can see every crime and every rape, is somehow absolved from the same moral guidelines because those actions were freely chosen? And that's okay to you, from a being who you claim to be good and worthy of worship?