Evidence God Exists: Part II

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There is no such thing as 'personal' evidence.
That is a euphemism for wishful thinking and delusional thoughts.

There is no way of seperating the subjective perception from the objective reality. Thus, personal evidence is the only evidence that can really count to a subjective human being with a limited, human perspective.

There is no such thing as personal evidence. The nature of evidence is that something is proven by means of verifiable & falsifiable testing and found to be true.

What you’re talking about is personal experience! Thank goodness, it isn’t regarded as evidence for the existence of something. Personal experience is completely subjective concept and relies on something as fallible as the human mind & psyche. I often think that when people say they have had some “personal experience”, that they are being authentic about it. You have probably made up your mind about the existence of God, and it is unlikely that any argument will sway you.

The existence of God is a scientific hypothesis, and should be dealt with in scientific method – namely, science, logic & reason. Personal experience is not valid (and certainly needs to be corroborated to be taken seriously in a court room).

Carl Sagan once said “ … extraordinary claims demand extraordinary evidence". Unfortunately, personal experiences (no matter how genuine they seemed to you) don’t satisfy that benchmark.

I watched Bill Maher's documentary called "religulous" and a chap thought that because it started to rain the moment he wsihed it rained, that God exists and that was evidence!

That is not the kind of evidence I am talking about, in the first place. I've watched Religulous, too, it doesn't make you any smarter or better than me.

This is a little presumptuous on your part. You have no idea who I am, or how much I have read on theology, science, philosophy etc … but I’m curious what that experience was that confirmed the existence of God.

You could, for instance, see an apple fail to fall the ground when thrown. That could count as personal evidence if only you witnessed it. But does that prove God exists? It only ‘proves’ that there *might* have been a disturbance in the natural order of the universe.