DrYaboll: 1. Really? You should check up your definition of proof / evidence, and compare yours to the scientific one.
Literally anything could be a confirmation of truth, if thats what the person wants to see. Do I really need to give you examples of this?
People used to believe that earth is a flat surface, obviously they had some reasoning behind it. So, do you believe them? Do you think their supposed evidence, their proofs are credible? Do you think the earth is flat? After all, they had some factors indicating it to them, lol.
Contrary to modern myth, the flat Earth was never a widespread belief. For instance, the mast of a ship going below the horizon is evidence that the Earth is round. There are people who think the earth is flat, so there is evidence there it is flat, but that needs to be evaluated against the much stronger evidence that the Earth is round.
2. Point being? I guess that they have really killed him. Well, that doesnt prove that he actually came back from the dead. Also, the fact that they werent slouches, doesnt really mean much, does it? Do you think in a criminal investigation, the approach is as the one you've presented? "They werent slouches, then there's 0% chance of a fk up".
So that statement doesnt make sense no matter how you look at it (as in, I dont see it as a compelling argument).
When you read the description that Jesus was stabbed in the side with a spear and fluid and blood came out, that means he was dead. Of course that doesn't prove he resurrected, but it puts an end to swoon theories.
3. I've pretty much explained it it *1
Anything can by a piece of evidence for anyone. If it's actually 'legit' evidence, is a completely separate matter.
The issue is that everything we think is true as based upon what we consider to be legit evidence. If we didn't think there was legit evidence, then we wouldn't have thought that it was true in the first place.
4. Belief and knowledge are 2 separate things. Lets say someone does something bad. You have your suspicions, based on sth, so you may believe that this person is guilty, but you cant say that you know it. Without hard evidence there can be no talk about knowledge in the strict sense.
Of course if you have a strong belief in sth, then even the smallest thing might turn into hard evidence in your eyes.
If you have suspicions then there is evidence that has indicated to you that they have probably done something bad. If the evidence for your suspicions is strong enough for you to believe that they did it, then it is also strong enough to have knowledge that they did.
A better example would be if a friend told you that they did tests on an old bridge and that it is safe to cross. This would give you knowledge that it was safe, but you wouldn't actually believe it was safe unless you were willing to cross it. You wouldn't have faith in your friend until you had crossed it.
5. Wut? It was merely an example of my non-believing attitude. I dont know, but I presume that children are supposed to believe in santa, at least judging it by all these chrissmassy movies etc. I don't know, maybe I wasnt unique, maybe there are no children who believe in him. I know that I didnt.
I have never believed in god either, I just went to church cos that was the thing to do.
You are correct that some children take Christmas movies to be evidence for Santa's existence. However, there is much stronger evidence for the resurrection of Jesus, so to compare the two beliefs is really to say that you have no idea why Christians believe.
6. I didnt contradict myself, at least not in that matter, as I did not present any evidence for their existence, only my take on the subject, using simple logic - if a process has happened once, then it means that it is possible, so taking in consideration the scale of the universe, the posibility turns into a really high propability.
Again, here you are listing the things that indicate to you a high probability that aliens exist, so that's evidence for their existence.