Originally posted by Dasa
You have said there is no evidence of God.
Evidence is plentiful.
Ok lets say you have a proposition "G" for which you are trying to find/claim evidence "E".
(and ignoring the fact that from a scientific perspective what you should also, and mostly,
be trying to do is find evidence to disprove G, as that is usually the faster and more
powerful method)
To say that E proves or is evidence FOR G, then E can't be explainable by something else.
Moreover, even if you have no alternative explanation than G at the current time, you can't claim E is for, or proof, of G
if you haven't demonstrated that nothing else could explain E other than G.
If there are alternative explanations for E than G, or if you haven't ruled out the possibility of alternative explanations.
The E is simply evidence not inconsistent with G, and not proof of or evidence for G.
Given this, I would state there is no evidence For, or Proof of, God.
As all available evidence is either explicable via alternative means, or, the possibility of explanation by alternative means hasn't
been ruled out.
And neither the existence of the universe, or of life in it, is evidence for god, as both are explicable without one.
And even if they currently were not, you would still have to prove they can't be explained by any other means for their existence
to be evidence for or proof of god.
A bad week for theism
11 Oct '11 10:22
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