Originally Posted by
Der Gebirgsjager
You see, T Mc D, you have been given the evidence. Irrefutable evidence, which you just refuse to recognize as such. Your eyes and mind are closed, and I alone do not have the power to open them. There is far more evidence to support the existence of God, than to prove that he doesn't exist. I notice that you haven't picked up the gauntlet and attempted to do so.
There are literally thousands of miraculous healings on record, and they happen daily. How can you explain an x-ray chart that shows tumors in a patient's lungs, which subsequently vanish on following visits? Documented cases of terminal cancer where the patient is sent home to die, but doesn't, and a later exam shows the cancer gone? I think that's pretty hard evidence. Look into it. Are you prepared to say that it isn't so?
Again, I ask you to explain all that is around you. No one can reasonably think that it all "just happened" and was some sort of accident of a chance meeting of some chemicals. There is even less chance of that happening than you winning the Power Ball Lottery. It is absurd. The environment you find yourself surrounded by is hard evidence. Can you make a tree?
As stated by wv109323 (above), contemporary documents written at, or shortly after, the time of the New Testament support it. You might look into the writings of a fellow of that time period named Josephus.
You seem to be into the definition of "evidence". All students of the law know that the two types of evidence are direct and circumstantial. Would I like to be convicted of murder on the type of evidence I've presented. Well, I'd rather not be convicted of murder at all, but am convicted of the existence of God. But here we have both types of evidence present. The direct evidence, where someone testifies directly to the existence of God is found in the Bible. The circumstantial evidence is all of the things I have named, plus more, that point to his existence. A third, less used form of evidence is that of regularly kept records, also present. Things that are written down are often given more credence than memory. So, while I don't wish to be convicted of murder, I do believe that the evidence of God's presence is established, and you offer none to disprove the fact.
It has become so fashionable now days to deride Christians and their beliefs in God. I feel so sorry for those in your position who have.....nothing. Having engaged in this type of discussion in the past, I know that continuing it is unrewarding. It goes on and on, and nothing I can say or offer will be accepted by a closed mind. I was there myself at one point in my life, and somewhat understand; but a truly intellectual person must maintain a mind which is open to ideas that it hasn't previously entertained. So I probably won't respond to additional skepticism. Best wishes to you.