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Full Idea
I myself believe that the evidence for God lies primarily in inner personal experience.
Gist of Idea
Private experience is the main evidence for God
Source
William James (Pragmatism - eight lectures [1907], Lec 3)
Book Ref
James,William: 'Pragmatism - eight lectures' [Dover 1995], p.42
A Reaction
There is not much you can say to someone who claims incontrovertible evidence which is utterly private to themselves. Does total absence of private religious experience count as evidence on the subject?