I hear that phrase (often credited to Carl Sagan) being tossed around in atheist circles when asked what evidence would they consider would support the existence of (the Christian) God. Once I asked one of my atheist friends what he meant by this. When pressed, it came down to "Since to believe in God is to believe in miracles, I would only be convinced by miraculous evidence, like the finger of God appearing in the sky and rearranging the stars to spell “I am God, believe in me”. After pondering this for a second he said…well…nah…I’d actually probably write that experience off as a delusion, or momentary psychotic break. Basically, he admitted that NO evidence would be of the quality to convince him of the existence of the supernatural.
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