I also do not undertand this as well...to me, the very essence of having 'faith', is that it requires absolutely no evidence of any sort...if one needs evidence, then to me, it simply is not faith...
You said it better than I did. I don't understand why the 'faithful' require evidence and are so upset at and need to attack anything which might be contrary evidence. They apprently require evidence of their faith, meaning, by definition, they have no faith.
And I agree completely with you...of course, I have heard some say, that evidence merely shores up their faith, that they would have faith anyway...I dont agree with that myself...
The very essence of faith, means that no evidence is required...not ever...