Quotes About Evidence

no testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind, that its falsehood would be more miraculous, than the fact, which it endeavors to establish.

A wise man apportions his beliefs to the evidence.

Thus, reason tells us that it is rational to accept what reason alone cannot demonstrate.

Isn't that just like a human? Even in the face of overwhelming evidence, and the experience of the billions who came before us, it's still hard to get our heads around the idea that we are going to die.

Hilda observed that science always loses its way when guided by ideology or wishful thinking.

science always loses its way when guided by ideology or wishful thinking.

15th June, 1872.—Lewalé doubts Sangara on account of having brought no letters. Nothing can be believed in this land unless it is in black and white, and but little even then; the most circumstantial details are often mere figments of the brain. The one half one hears may safely be called false, and the other half doubtful or not proven.

People have argued about God and government for centuries, and still they don't agree. But science, confronts opinion with facts.

The evidence I have found points in one direction, and that is the integration of hubrids into human society for an eventual takeover. I have found no evidence to refute this.

God put enough into the world to make faith in Him a reasonable thing. But He left enough out to make it impossible to live by reason alone.

Faith is different from proof; the latter is human, the former is a Gift from God.

Art is a reflection of God's creativity, an evidence that we are made in the image of God.

A god that does not manifest in reality is indistinguishable from a god that does not exist.

The best evidence of the Bible's being the word of God is to be found between its covers. It proves itself.

There is a rumour going around that I have found God. I think this is unlikely because I have enough difficulty finding my keys, and there is empirical evidence that they exist.

The Bible's historical accuracy is a reminder that while "the heavens declare the glory of God," there's also plenty of evidence among the rubble and ruins.

The balance of probabilities, therefore, comes out strongly against the existence of a god.

On the last day, God will not acquit us because our good works were good enough, but he will look for evidence that our good confession was not phony. It's in this sense that we must be holy.

Proof is not required to believe [in a god]. But some sign, some evidence is needed. None exists... Find some inkling of evidence. There is none.

The followers of Jesus did not die for what they believed - they died for what they claim to have seen.

Believers who have formulated such proofs [for God's existence] ... would never have come to believe as a result of such proofs

I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experiences.

On the third day after Jesus' own death, He came out of the grave to give the world a sign it cannot deny. For a man to predict His own death and resurrection was something only God could do.

Even a brilliant research scientist can waste his or her efforts, in [Stephan Hawking's] case on theoretically impossible lines of research, if he or she rejects clear evidence pointing to God.