What would you consider to be evidence for God?

[Cyberman]

What I would consider evidence: anything that supports whatever claim is being made, that is proportionate to that claim and which can be examined to determine how valid it is.

What I would consider compelling evidence: well now, that would depend on the evidence, wouldn't it?

[The Inquisition]

Would looking at it from the other direction be helpful?

What do you not consider evidence?

Here are a few:

1.Arguments from personal experience

2.Philosophical arguments

3.Post-hoc rationalizations

A worldview that utilizes these as evidence is suspect.

[robvalue]

Claiming to have a god on your side but being unable to convince a bunch of feeble minded Godless atheists of a single thing doesn't seem to hold up.

[Pyrrho]

Been there - done that.


http://atheistforums.org/thread-28668-po...#pid752753

Which links to:

Here's my test.

Some guy shows up and claims he's god.  I invite him to follow me into a nursing home of my choice.  I will then select a 90-ish something female alzheimer's patient sitting in a wheelchair and drooling into a cup.  I will hold on to both her shoulders and 'god' will have to rejuvenate her into a 20 year old hottie who specializes in blow jobs without touching her.

Any guy who can do that deserves to be worshiped.

I never realized what a great theologian you are.  I have never heard of a better test of godhood than that.

[Minimalist]

Fuck theology.  May as well study washing machine repair.  At least that is useful.

[Whateverist]

Given what is said, does anyone think that there is evidence that would convince them that God exists?

That would depend on what a god is and whether it was continuous with the physical world.  We're always being told god is supernatural. I don't presume to know whether gods exist but I'm pretty sure the set of supernatural things is empty.  So if God is one of those kind of things then I assume gods don't exist.  It all comes down to what to hell we're talking about and I really haven't a clue.

[zebo-the-fat]

If a god wants to provide evidence that he is real (and why wouldn't he?) he should make his word appear in every home on the planet, at the same time, in whatever language the people spoke, printed on an unknown and indestructible material that was impossible to analyse... then i might start to think that this might be something worth looking at, but an old book on paper.. no he needs to do better than that!

[Joshua martin pryce]

I know the question seems nonsensical, but hear me out. 

I've often encountered my fellow atheists say that there's no evidence for God's existence. This seems true, but I think that the answer may be fairly loaded.
Does it come across to anyone that people sometimes assume we can get evidence to begin with? or is it just me? 
I know a fair portion of atheists would disagree, and that everyone knows that you're really saying

"no, and there really is no way to get evidence for such nonsense".


If we can't get evidence, because evidence (at least by scientific standards) is by it's very nature falsifiable,
(something which the god claim can't provide [currently]) then what would anyone constitute as evidence? Are those who use the "we don't have evidence yet" claim literally, deceived?

Seeing it with our own eyes? How would we know it's not a hallucination?
If by some chance we are provided falsifiability, how would we know we aren't deceived by an alien hallucination inducing device?
(Pardon the bong logic format)

If evidence can't point us toward or away from answers to this kind of question, are they even reasonable to ask? 
How could anyone who is honestly seeking an answer be expected to come up with one in the face of such obstacles?

Given what is said, does anyone think that there is evidence that would convince them that God exists?

listen i believe god exists and know he does. everything works for you but you need to believe and most of all do your research. there are many testimonies of people and myself that god has helped.

[Whateverist]

listen i believe god exists and know he does. everything works for you but you need to believe and most of all do your research. there are many testimonies of people and myself that god has helped.

You poor dumb bastard.  Someone asks what would count as evidence and you offer this?  Evidence is easy, you just have to believe first. That way your confirmation bias will allow you to 'know' that what you started out 'believing' is really true.  My gawd, what happened to you to get you to this point?

[Longhorn]

listen i believe god exists

Yes.

and know he does.

No.

everything works for you

What?

but you need to believe

No.

and most of all do your research.

Yes.

there are many testimonies of people and myself that god has helped.

Untestable garbage. Which god?