[Dimensio]

Just out of curiosity, what sort of evidence would suffice for you to conclude otherwise?

Honestly, I don't know. Best way to do it is to define a specific means for testing a deity -- an experiment that would produce a result that has no other known explanation apart from a deity's involvement.

Arguably, a deity with sufficient knowledge and power would know exactly what is required to convince me and would be able to do so.

[narby]

Honestly, I don't know. Best way to do it is to define a specific means for testing a deity -- an experiment that would produce a result that has no other known explanation apart from a deity's involvement.

This is one reason why it is a stupid thing for believers to bring up evolution. Eventually the argument comes around to "proving" the existence of God.

If believers had any brains, they'd say, "sure I believe in evolution, and God did it". But they're idiots, and they attempt to bring science into faith, and at least some (many?) people will come to the conclusion that God doesn't exist.

Kind of like shooting themselves in the foot.

[r9etb]

Arguably, a deity with sufficient knowledge and power would know exactly what is required to convince me and would be able to do so.

Or, if He gave you free will, he would give you the opportunity to open the door when He knocked.

All I can say is that, based on personal experience, He does knock.

[dd5339]

"Arguably, a deity with sufficient knowledge and power would know exactly what is required to convince me and would be able to do so."

I'll agree 100% with that! God, (my specific deity) did know what was required to convince me. For me it involved a well placed smack to the side of my head, (figuratively that is). I received the message and made the transition from a hard core aetheist to a professing Christian, it took awhile but I made it.

Semper Fi