A reason to believe?

[tavarish]

I believe without evidence, but through experience, that the sun will rise the next morning when I wake up.

You can see the sun, it's demonstrably real. However, the fact that you believe it to survive another rotation of the Earth has no merit on whether it will actually do so.

I believe without evidence, but through experience, that when I come home I will not find it burned down to the ground when I get there.

Again, this belief has absolutely no merit as you absolutely need evidence to say such a thing. I think you meant to say "I don't believe that when I come home I will find my house burned down to the ground when I get there." It's a non-belief, and does not require evidence. You don't actively hold the belief that something WON'T happen, and if you do, I'd wonder what else you hold as an active belief.

I believe without evidence, but through experience, that if I make a mistake in my relationship it will still be possible to reconcile with the person I love.

3rd time with this BS. Your belief in trying to make things work in a relationship has absolutely no merit in deciphering whether your belief is relevant to anything. It doesn't make it necessarily true in the least, especially just because you believe in it.

I believe without evidence, but through experience, that having hope through bad times is no more false hope than having hope through good times.

See above.

I have to wonder, EvF, why does it bother you so much, and why be so vehement in lashing out at fr0do? Take a chill pill, dude, it's only a debate. Right?

I agree. I've learned to just tune out his shitty reasoning and vague explanations.

Oh, and Paul, I don't think that was a fancy way of saying God is outside the realm of evidence. He is just outside the realm of scientific evidence. In the case of God, experience is the most reliable form evidence takes. Trust, faith, and belief are required for the experience to be taken as such, however.

That's ridiculous. How do you know God is outside the realm of scientific evidence?

By the way, subjective experience is subjective evidence. That's how you make decisions in life, through similar experiences. If you touch a hot stove and get burned, would you touch it again, having knowledge of your experience? Would you then say "I believe without evidence, but through experience, that a stove will burn my hand"?

Your experiences in life ARE your evidence.