If someone has an experience with a gnome, is this evidence of gnomes?
Technically yes, because it falls under the category of evidence as testimonial, do you know someone who has an experience with a gnome that we can evaluate?? we know a good portion of the world testifies to a Creator of kinds....however, unlike the Creator the evidence or lack thereof for any "gnomes" can easily be classified as weak (if it exists) if at all and can be debunked by examining the description and this is where you fail to see why this is not comparable to evaluating God. God not only has more testimonial evidence than any other topic, it has philosophical strength, meaning it is not an absurd proposition like that of a gnome. When evaluating testimonial evidence there are many things that can be considered besides just the claim, that is why Creationism is a superior claim/fact.
Gnome-
"most generally refers to very small people, often men, that live in dark places, especially underground, in the depths of forests, or more recently in gardens. Most European ethnic groups have had some kind of gnome legends with local variations. Modern traditions portray gnomes as small, old men wearing pointed hats and living in forests and gardens."
So, based upon that description it is safe to say that we don't observe gnomes and they most likely do not exist as they state that they are, since they are said to live in forests and gardens and have very distinctive hats lol, there is no reason to accept or consider the proposition because it is easily debunked. See where I'm going with this? until you atheists acknowledge that evidence does in fact exist for God in the form of testimonial EVIDENCE (which is at least a portion or half of which is defined as evidence) and that based upon the definition, philosophical value, reason for belief and wide range of evidence Creationism or Theism is not comparable to a gnome and it is just immature, and lacks any real intellectual effort. Again, what qualifies as evidence (not proof) is as follows. Then we examine the evidence on a case by case basis to determine whether it is something to be considered and can be either classified as weak or strong evidence, or even dismissing the evidence. But not so with God, it takes much more effort and intellectual honesty to justifiably reject it.
EVIDENCE-
the available body of facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid.
A thing or set of things helpful in forming a conclusion or judgment:
The means by which an allegation may be proven, such as oral testimony, documents, or physical objects.
broadly construed, is anything presented in support of an assertion.[1] This support may be strong or weak. The strongest type of evidence is that which provides direct proof of the truth of an assertion.
In law, rules of evidence govern the types of evidence that are admissible in a legal proceeding. Types of legal evidence include testimony, documentary evidence,[2] and physical evidence.
