It is simply a waste of time to try and beat believers over the head with evidence. Some (few maybe) start from the assumption that things can be learned, that this is a rational universe in the sense that events can be strung together without resorting to magic. Religion assumes that this is a magical universe where events can only be strung together according to “god's will”. “Evidence” is a concept they barely grasp for anything that suggests they are wrong about their god is dismissed out of hand. It can't possibly be true. Faith, for them, is far more important. It marks them as recipients of god's grace, puts them in the kingdom, grants them access to heaven. Holding onto faith in the face of evidence is a badge of honor, the mark of the true believer.
It is a disconnect that echos throughout every attempt for the two sides to communicate. Every time a non-believer offers any evidence to a believer that contradicts their god belief, they use it to dig themselves even further into the grave of faith. Asking the believer for evidence is equally useless. Any "evidence" they offer will be based on a faith the non-believer simply doesn't share, and doesn't quite understand.
Here is a good example. Star light, all by iteslef, proves the Bible story of creation is wrong in every specific. A YEC will look at those same stars, see "the glory of god", and offer them as proof that that same Bible story is true. The two sides can't even talk to each other in a way that is remotly "rational".
It is a disconnect that echos throughout every attempt for the two sides to communicate. Every time a non-believer offers any evidence to a believer that contradicts their god belief, they use it to dig themselves even further into the grave of faith. Asking the believer for evidence is equally useless. Any "evidence" they offer will be based on a faith the non-believer simply doesn't share, and doesn't quite understand.
Here is a good example. Star light, all by iteslef, proves the Bible story of creation is wrong in every specific. A YEC will look at those same stars, see "the glory of god", and offer them as proof that that same Bible story is true. The two sides can't even talk to each other in a way that is remotly "rational".
