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There is no strong evidence for God except a bunch of belief from people.


That is not quite true. You might think it's not "indisputable" however there is evidence that corroborates many of the Biblical accounts as studied by academics and scholars [0]. Much of this is archeological, statistical, along with a significant amount sociological support as well. There is generally still some level of "faith" involved in religious beliefs (obviously), however it does not mean that those that hold them hold no scientific evidence at all.

It's possible that you have researched for yourself and have some evidence for your "beliefs" presented by your statement. Many people (admittedly on both sides of the fence) have not done much research in this regard, but in my opinion is a valuable exercise, so if you haven't I'd highly suggest it.

[0] The Case for Christ (Lee Strobel), along with The Case for Faith and the Case for a Creator. He was a former atheist who initially set out to prove God did not exist after his wife converted. This is certainly not an extensive list of resources out there, these are just some that I remember off the top of my head.


Oh I do not doubt that some of the stuff in the Bible is true. It is a book about genealogy of course. But that does not prove God in any form. It just proves that some stuff in a book that people wrote happened.

> He was a former atheist who initially set out to prove God did not exist after his wife converted.

Well that's the thing, you can't prove something exists. It doesn't work that way. You can prove it does exist though, and that's how I'm interpreting your statement.

Since you mention Pascal's Wager one could also mention Douglas Adams "'I refuse to prove that I exist,' says God, 'for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.'". And so if we did prove God exists then you wouldn't need faith which is what is being asked for.


Evidence that corroborates Biblical accounts suggests that those accounts have some basis in fact. Such evidence is orthogonal to the question of whether or not any deities exist.


Strong evidence? Beyond it simply being a collection of historical accounts by historical people, of varying accuracy?




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