What would it take?

I've asked this to many atheists and have always found the answers intriguing. What would it take for you to believe (trust) in the God of the Bible? Miracles? Direct contact? Or is evidence really the issue? Looking forward to your feedback.

I wouldn't require that much to believe there could be a god, but I would need evidence of that. I don't care what the evidence is, as long as it is logically compelling, something which could be objectively demonstrated in lieu of faith, and that could at least withstand reasonable analysis and scrutiny. But in order for me to believe in a god, which is a supernatural being with supernatural powers, I would first have to be shown that supernatural powers do in fact exist, for if they do not, than gods can't exist either.

Then, since I've always favored a Taoist perspective, which permits supernatural powers, but does not include a god, -then I would need additional evidence to specifically indicate that a god is included in the supernatural, paranormal, psychic or psionic realm I've already been shown to exist. Otherwise, I would become a Taoist again, and be happy to remain one.

Then, once I've been shown that a god exists, then I would need evidece to indicate that there is only one such being. Otherwise, every man's favorite deity, be it Thor, Cernunnos, Brahma, Bast, Indra, Dionysus, Pele, Nu Kua, or the Lords of Xibalba might all exist.

After that, I would need to see that the one god is specifically your god, and that's a little harder to do, I admit, since I see so much inconsistency in Christian beliefs. Because as far as I'm concerned, if there is a single deity, then all theists and other spiritualists must all have perceived him, albeit differently. In that case, El, Allah, Abba, YHWH, Jehova, Jesus, Krsna, Mazda, Mithras, Marduk, Guru Nanak, Cernunnos, Buddha, Brahma, Bahá'u'lláh, the Great Spirit, Quetzacoatl, Odin, Amen, Ra, Pele, Zeus, Gaia, "the goddess", and even the Tao, are all different names for the same entity. For as the Hindus say, "all are Krsna, all are one", and they mean this to imply that everyone really worships their god, whether anyone realizes that or not. Some of them even go so far as to say that Jesus is the 9th avatar of Vishnu, -which would make sense, if there really was a god, and there was only one of them, and all men who claim to really had the ability to by moved by him through their faith.

But even if I believed in supernatural things, including gods, and even specifically your god alone, I still couldn't believe in the Bible. Some of it might be true, but there is too much of it that is already known for certain not to be. Even if your god exists, the Bible would still be wrong, and even if I believed in him, I still couldn't believe in it. And why should I? Just because some ancient scribes wrote their beliefs down for others to follow? What religion hasn't done that?

The Torah, the Gospels, the Qur'an, the Avestas

the Vedas, the Kitáb-i-Aqdas, Adi-Granth
Bhagavad-Gita, & Book of Mormon
-are all called "absolute truth"
and the "revealed word"
of the "one true god"
and believers say
everyone else
is deceived.

Perhaps all of them are.

Just a quick follow up question, would a person whom you believed was raised from the dead be able to convince you to trust in the God of the Bible?

There's plenty more where that came from... Now make with the science and explain this away...

you think God designs every single snowflake?

That's not the point. No, I don't think God, or maybe some angel is up there hand crafting each snowflake, but it's incredible beauty like this in the world, and indeed the universe as a whole (just check out some of the shots from the Hubble telescope), and you have to think there's some kind of a creative force behind it all.

I think it takes far more faith to think that even the small amount we've discovered could simply be a chance happening.