Theists: What is your best evidence to prove the existence of your god or gods?

Remarkably quiet here all of a sudden...

Christian nations flourish.

Nations with other gods stagnate.

Those with out deities perish!

Never in the course of human history has a society succeeded that did not recognize a god! The only ones know lasted some 80 years.

The existence of a continuous thread of religious continuity in the Jewish religion speaks volumes for the God of Abraham. The only unresolved issue as man sees it is which of the three branches that claim the same deity is correct.

Looking at the stated reasons why a society adopts a deity, which have to do with prosperity and safety, clearly Christianity is the most successful at proving these.

The Europeans did not rise to prominence in world culture because they are the greatest culture or the most brilliant of people. A strong case can be made that they are not. So the reason for the rise of this culture to prominence for some 1500 years is more likely to stem from the place Christianity had/has in its culture.

Current history continues to show the same trend-

Those nations which have a significant percentage of population that is attempting to repent of the sins of their fathers are the nations that rise to power and dominate it!

<-- Catholic (theist)

So first off -- We need to define the term "evidence" -- often times the person asking, has some preconceived notions as to what they will personally consider "evidence"

So without knowing that - what I suggest might simply be dismissed, outright.

I can see many Anti-Theists claiming that there is 0 evidence or that no evidence has EVER been given.

Sorry, but either they are merely disregarding the evidence they HAVE received because it didn't fit their definition OR they are over-exaggerating or repeating rhetoric, in an attempt to strengthen their case.

Secondly, To consider the possibility that God exists, we need to 1st utilize the correct set of tools. If we limit our toolset, we will be ill-equipped to discuss the issue.

Science is but 1 set of tools - best suited to explaining physical phenomenon. We must then ask ourselves.. is God a physical phenomenon? If not - then a different toolset may very well be necessary. -- AGREED?

Thirdly, what is your experience with Philosophy and "Rational Proofs" ? Some of the most developed and debated arguments for God's existence are in the form of rational proofs and are based on Philosophical lines of reasoning.

Science doesn't contradict these arguments, because to a large extent, they are outside of Science's sphere of study.

Fourthly, We can then layer onto any Philosophical Argument, Physical evidence that would seem to be consistent with these arguments. - Making an even stronger case.

In the end, what you are left with are a series of arguments that build up a case for the existence of God. You either must find serious fault with all of them, or at least concede that the belief in God is 'rational' and not without support.

You then have to decide at what cost are you going to ignore these arguments and continue to "BELIEVE" that God does not exist. -- Realizing that BOTH positions are a matter of personal belief, seeing that both have arguments supporting them.

That was the basic POINT of a Wall Street Journal article, which stated that at some point, people have to disregard certain evidence - and simply believe or disbelieve that God exists. But that the position that God does not exist comes at a cost.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/eric-metaxas-science-i...

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As for your actual Question..

I don't have 1 piece of evidence, I have many arguments.

Check out some of these: http://www.strangenotions.com/god-exists/

As well as: http://www.reasonablefaith.org/does-god-exist-1

I'm personally a fan of the Kalam variant of the Cosmological Argument

Evolution

Definition: Organic evolution is the theory that the first living organism developed from lifeless matter. Then, as it reproduced, it is said, it changed into different kinds of living things, ultimately producing all forms of plant and animal life that have ever existed on this earth. All of this is said to have been accomplished without the supernatural intervention of a Creator. Some persons endeavor to blend belief in God with evolution, saying that God created by means of evolution, that he brought into existence the first primitive life forms and that then higher life forms, including man, were produced by means of evolution. Not a Bible teaching. If you were to take a stack of wood, all cut to size & ready to be built into a house, would it build itself, or does it need someone to put it all together? Doesn't it need a builder? The same is with humans, plus we are much more complex. The natural laws of the universe are so precise that we have no difficulty building a spaceship to fly to the moon and can time the flight with the precision of a fraction of a second. These laws must have been set by somebody.”—Quoted from Wernher von Braun, who had much to do with sending American astronauts to the moon.

There is ALWAYS proof that something exists .. if it does exist.

So as long as Theists can't provide any proof that God exist .. that's the proof that he doesn't.

If, by reasoned argument I gain your acknowledgement that God exists, then it follows by necessity that the god I have proven to exist is less than man in authority and epistemic certainty, and thereby, in existential necessity and surety. If God relies on the facts of the universe and the reasoning of man to have His existence or the truth of His Word conceded, then He is less than the universe and inferior to the mind of man in epistemic certitude. This is not the God of Christianity revealed in scripture. The Christian God cannot not exist.

Every line of History in the Bible has at least 300% Proofs to confirm it! Adam and Eve have over 200 countries/places that have records of them found!

Lots of the places in the Bible are still here these days! Look at Noah's Ark!

People that DO Believe in God have Lives filled with LOVE! Atheists cannot feel any Love at all, only their LUSTS!

Miracles do happen!

Prayers are Answered!

Antitheists: What is your best evidence to prove that no gods exist?

- Sixth graders know you cannot prove a negative.

Derrick, the best evidence against the claims that there is a god or gods, is that there is no evidence for any of the gods they claim to exist.

Things that exist are testable somehow.

So far nobody has successfully devised a test that indicates anything supernatural exists.

So I do the reasonable thing and assume nonexistence until demonstrated otherwise.

The best evidence of no god, is no evidence of any god things.

You will get few answers from theists, because they have no answer for that.

They just pretend it is true, and demand that everybody else pretends too.