Religion certainly does need evidence if it's going to make evidentiary claims. For instance, there are those religious franchises which claim that Hell is an actual, physical place. All well and good, but if they expect me - or anyone else with functioning cognition - to accept their claim, they'd better be prepared to provide more than a say-so.
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‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson