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Originally Posted by Gozer
What atheist (or anti-theist) sentiment is that argument relevant to?
Who has made the claim that your argument addresses?
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It's relevant when anti-theists claim they have factual evidence of god's non-existence.
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Originally Posted by Flashpoint
Negative evidence isn't useful in a rational discussion of critical thinkers. It's functionally the same as saying "you can't prove Santa doesn't exist".
No critical thinking rational adult believes in Santa. Period. But people chuck that when you change the word "santa" to "god".
Despite equal evidence for both.
That's a pretty serious disconnect IMO. The only reason I can see for it is that most of the hardcore religious folks were indoctrinated at a very young age. That must make it harder to break free.
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Not a good analogy. You're mixing a lack of evidence with evidence of non-existence. We've explored the North Pole. We've watched our chimneys on Christmas Eve. We've observed the sky for reindeer. These are descriptors of Santa that have been shown not to happen.
And the argument that we've sent probes into space and haven't seen a god or gods is not a good counter because it's never actually stated that god is in the sky. Well... except maybe the flying spaghetti monster heh.
P.S. Wasn't there a St. Claus somewhere at one point??
