“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” Albert Einstein

Following on from that and looking at the request for "evidence", believers don't need evidence, they "know".

As to "....you have the evidence before you.....", what is offered isn't evidence of anything except that it's evidence of writing created by Man. On that point, Man has only been writing things down for a few thousand years so where did the words and sayings come from? From the beginning of god stories, things were passed on by word of mouth so what came to be written down initially bore little resemblance to what was said earlier. The Bible is a collection of things which have, over time been revised, edited with many things added and others discarded. Who decided what to add or discard? MAN!

On the point of things handed down by word of mouth, I'd challenge anyone to state that a story could be related fautlessly to 50 people by "passing it on". After 50 people had heard and related the story one by one It would be most interesting to compare the 50th story to the original and see what the differences were.

I think they'd fall in to the same bracket as this old chestnut from WW1 (with thanks to Gary).

"Send reinforcements, we're going to advance, pass it on...."

By the time it was passed back down the line to HQ, the message was "Send three and fourpence, we're going to a dance."