Mr Jack writes:
I disagree, absence of evidence is never evidence of absence.
I have to agree. It would be an
Argument from Ignorance to claim that absence of evidence is evidence at all.
But you do hear this used, from both camps:
1. There is no evidence to suggest God doesn't exist, so He does.
2. There is no evidence to suggest God does exist, so He doesn't.
Personally, I feel that, regardless of whatever the truth is, one should never adopt a belief without evidence for it. That makes me a 'weak atheist' I think.
Edited by Doddy, : can't spell!
"And, lo, a great beast did stand before me, having seven heads, and on each head were there seven mouths, and in each mouth were there seventy times seven teeth. For truly there were seven times seven times seven times seventy teeth, meaning there were. . . okay, carry the three, adding twenty. . . plus that extra tooth on the third mouth of the sixth head. . . Well, there were indeed a great many teeth" - The Revelation of St. Bryce the Long-Winded
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