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That would sort of work except that evidences can often be used in multiple ways, especially when applied loosely. This is why the entirety of an evidential based system must be fairly applied to a problem. All inputs must be used, but if one evidence works loosly in one manner, but that would affect it elsewhere in the spiderweb of knowledge then it is unlikely that the interpretation of that evidence is correct.
Examples of this abound. A cursory look at continental shapes is used to support the idea of the continents rifting during the great flood, fr example. Whereas a closer look reveals that the sedimentology, palaeo-magnetism, palaeontology etc would no longer work. The public can be very easily deceived by people choosing which evidences appear to work and not explaining those that don't. This method is extremely common nowerdays.
I would argue that because of this lay-people looking for evidence, especially on the internet, is typically more of a problem than a solution. It is too easy to trick them into thinking that have researched properly.
by BenUK78 on May 15th, 2011