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RCA Lyra, you seem to be a bit confused. More specifically, you seem to be confusing the claims (1) "It's possible that God exists" (by which I simply mean "There is no logical contradiction involved in God's existence), (2) "For all we know, God might exist" (which is the agnostics claim), and (3) "God exists" (which is, of course, the theist's claim). (1) seems to be something that, in the absence of an argument against it, is simply reasonable to assume, whatever your position on his actual existence. There might well be something weasely about (2), but given (1), I don't see that it involves any unwarranted assumptions, or, indeed, any assumptions at all. The difference, as I've pointed out before, between God and big green dragons, is that, for one, we can explain why we don't see God (or try to explain it, for you skeptics out there). There's no similar chain of reasoning for why we don't see the big green dragon. And, of course, most if not all Christians are going to claim that there is, in fact, evidence of God's existence. There are reports of miracles which God is supposed to have done, people who testify to experience God's activity in their lives, etc. You might not think this is very good evidence, for one reason or another, but it is evidence, and at the very least, better evidence than your friend saying there's a big green dragon in her garage.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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