Religion is a hypothesis.

We know that Santa doesn't exist.

 

stu's concept of God is the same as his concept of Santa...

 

How do you come to the conclusion that Santa doesn't exist? I'm interested in your evidence.

 

Cuz I caught my parents putting presents under the tree when I was a kid and they told me they were Santa.

Now let me know if you have seen Santa cuz I guess I could change my mind especially if he showed up at my place with his Reindeers etc.

 

There is just as little evidence for God as there is for Santa, so how can you be both convinced of the existence of one and convinced of the nonexistence of the other?

 

the reason i asked such an asinine question is i wanted to see what YOU considered good evidence.

Seems a visual sighting is required as proof to you, so have you seen god?

 

He was seen two thousand years ago.

John 14:9

"If you've seen me, you've seen the Father."

 

i wasn't there. neither were you or anyone on this board. you are relying on hearsay .. that's not admissible as evidence

 

So was Zeus. Too bad nobody took photographs or videotapes of either.

Do I even have to go over how unreliable eyewitness testimony can be? (Bigfoot, alien spaceships, werewolves, ghosts, gremlins, etc.)

 

God pretty much works on a need to know basis.
Keep trying.