Yes you do.....if there are evidence that supports God exists.
You'll need evidence to support yours.
Correct. I have yet to seen evidence God exists.
But you can't say there is lack of EVIDENCE.
You don't have the actual proof of the invisible atoms either, but we have evidence that they are there.
And.....evidence is enough!
I was under the impression "proof" and "evidence" are synonyms, and have been using them as such.
What more, when we're talking about millions of them talking about their experience with God!
So many have converted from atheism to become believers, due to those experiences.
And, testimonies (a lot from reputable people), are not the only evidence there is, either.
Most of the world believes in some sort of God. I don't think all of these people are lying, I think they genuinely experience what they say they do. I just don't think that experience is actually a God, but instead has some sort of scientific explanation. Something created by the brain, perhaps.
I have a hard time believing these experiences have something to do with a God because they contradict each other.
Some say God is a man, others say a woman.
Some say God is selfish and lustful, others say he is kind and pure.
Some say he has one son, others say he has too many children to count.
Some say there is one god, others say there are many.
If all of these people had a personal experience with God or gods, and through that personal experience they learned the information they believe, can all of them be right? No. And if some are wrong, could they all be wrong? Possibly.
So when my cousin comes to me and tells me she had a personal experience with God in a dream, I believe it was very real for her. I believe it had an impact on her, and she is being truthful when she tells me this. But I cannot believe in the god she's talking about.
You may not have the proof - but that doesn't mean they aren't there .......IF A DOZEN OTHER PEOPLE IN THE ROOM WITH YOU SAY THERE ARE
intangible living thing in the righthand corner of your room right now.
Lol - if a dozen others say there are - you'd probably go look for your glasses!
See, I think I get what ASHES is saying. Your analogy is flawed because it implies that all believers are seeing the same thing, when they aren't. So maybe they all see this intangible thing, but they can't agree on the properties of it.
One says the thing is tall, someone else says it's short. One says it's blue, another says it's green. A man, woman, dog, cat... If I keep getting these mixed messages, I would be unlikely to think that this thing is real, and instead that there is something else at play. Is there a gas leak? Is it some trick of the light?
They don't all describe EXACTLY the same things, but that doesn't remove from their credibility!
If by "not exactly" you mean wildly different, contradictory properties then it absolutely calls the validity of their claims into question.