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The evidence for God is simply not capable of being analysed by the scientific method, as it is of a non-material nature. Now if you happen to believe that anything that can't be addressed by science is either non-existant or totally trivial then I guess that's the end of the discussion for you. Personally I find assessing the evidence for God to be closer to describing why a particular bit of poetry is good - it just can't be done by science (remember that scene in "Dead Poets Society"?) and will result in a variety of "answers".
The point is not that anything outside of the scientific realm is trivial or nonexistent, just meaningless in a scientific context.
You can believe that extramaterial or supernatural things exist. They just don't matter scientifically unless they can also be said to exist in our material, natural plane. This is the only way science can be done, the first step in formulating hypotheses about the natural world: nothing is included that cannot be detected or verified.
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The bear thought his son could talk in space about the time matter has to rotate but twisted heaven instead.
-Brad McFall