(August 4, 2014 at 11:52 am)frasierc Wrote: As a Christian my view is that not that we detect God - how could we if he's distinct from the material world we live in- its primarily that he makes himself known. One way that he does that is become human and reveal what God is like. He justifies these claims by dying and being raised from the dead - with 500 witnesses to confirm this.
Does this form of evidence fit within your admission criteria for evidence for the existence of God?
LOL, no!
500 witnesses? Produce them. Produce 500 signed testimonies of that event, recognized by the authorities.
Any god worthy of that title and desiring that the whole of mankind acknowledges its existence should make itself equally known to every single individual.
Instead... we get multiple religions, with multiple denominations, and top that with multiple cults. A clear hint that some people have been convincing groups of people (in the vicinity) that what they claim is true.
If those claims are really true or not is a whole other matter.... but they do seem to be clear fiction.