Evidence God Exists: Part II

[Thor]

As convincing evidence is an impossible requirement, you're as ignorant as a non questioning Christian (I don't mean that badly. Why should either of you know?). You're both as bad.

How is "convincing evidence" an "impossible requirement"? On the simplest level, I would be convinced of this deity's existence if he would just appear to me and demonstrate that he is, indeed, "God". Absent that, I would have to consider that your deity is real if you could show me the following:

That believers in a particular deity, when compared to nonbelievers,

1) have a significantly longer life expectancy.
2) are significantly wealthier.
3) have significantly lower rates of cancer.
4) have significantly lower rates of birth defects in their children.
5) experience significantly lower crime rates.
6) have significantly lower casualty rates among military personnel.
7) experience significantly less property damage from natural disasters.
8) have significantly lower rates of blindness, deafness and paralysis.
9) experience much lower rates of accidental death.
10) are significantly luckier (i.e., winning slot machine jackpots, lottery jackpots, game show prizes, etc.)
11) have much lower rates of miscarriage and stillbirth.

I could go on, but these eleven will do.

If you can show me where (for example) Christians live longer lives, are wealthier, have lower cancer rates, have lower rates of birth defects, blindness, paralysis, etc.... I would have to strongly consider the possibility that your deity is real. On the other hand, if believers experience the same rates as nonbelievers, I would have to conclude that either your deity doesn't look out for you or he doesn't exist at all.

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@Thor I don't percieve you as being closed minded personaly, but that's not necessarily reflective of a group. I don't think there's been a conclusive study of closed minded ness in theist populations versus atheist I'd be up for passing out questionaires though.

Yes, the results from questionnaires would be interesting.

But, in my experience, it is the believers who are closed minded. And the YECs are the worst. You can show them evidence of the Earth's age and they just dismiss it. You can demonstrate to them that the planet is far more than 10,000 years old and they will come up with the most nonsensical bullshit to explain away the evidence. They'll insist that dinosaurs and people lived at the same time because that's the only way their absurd beliefs can be reconciled with the fact that dinosaurs existed. It's truly pathetic. And what really bothers me is that they teach this ignorance to their children.