Re: Would this be evidence for God?
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If there was some fact that was found common in all world religions would this be evidence for God?
Obviously it wouldnt be proof as it could have arisen through some fundamental human trait, just evidence of some sort. Also, I mean clearly recognisable facts, not poetically worded extracts which can be interpreted as similar.
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You answer your question in your second paragraph. If some phenomenon were explainable by an appeal to human nature surely that explanation should be preferred to one that requires the existence of a new sort of entity.
MKR
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It wouldnt be an appeal to a known aspect of human nature though. The materialistic explanation would be no less of a mystery than the "God told me" explanation. Again, I'm talking about some concrete fact common to all religions independently.
It's a common objection to the theistic position that the difference amongst religions is evidence against any of them being the real thing. This made me think about it from the other direction (as a purely hypothetical possibility).
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