"Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." - Hebrews 11:1
"The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world...." - Psalms 19:1-4a
Faith isn't blind. We see the evidence of God everywhere we look.
And Faith isn't a feeling you have. It is your answer, i.e. actions, to the evidence you see around you.
Some look to His word to figure everything out. Others try to figure it out all by themselves.
Each to his own, and let neither raise his hand to the other.
Thanks for posting those verses. However, evidence, in my definition is tangible. Faith is an intangible thing, powerful as it is.
The thing is, people have faith in what they have learned. You have faith in a particular deity. Others have faith in other deities or in other beliefs.
Faith is not evidence, I'm afraid. It is unquestioned belief. That's not a bad thing, but it's not evidence.
I have faith in many things.
For a sufficiently weak or ignorant definition of "evidence". If the evidence was so compelling, faith would be unnecessary. Do not over-extend your argument; misrepresenting the truth is a poor way to bring people into the fold.
It is an interesting fact that the universe Science now defines requires there to be a metaphysical causation for the physical to have come into existence. I'm curious, MineralMan, do you feel your atheism requires there are not any metaphysical 'things'?