07 March 2010

Absence of Evidence

Philosophically, absence of evidence is not the same as evidence of absence. There is no evidence of god, but we cannot be absolutely true that god does not exist.

Personally, I prefer "claims without proof can be dismissed without proof" as my working stance. In other words, if you claim god exists, you prove it, else I will just ignore whatever follows from the assumption that god exists.

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