(March 17, 2017 at 2:21 pm)Jesster Wrote: Most commonly in a court case, a defendant is "innocent until proven guilty". While we aren't entirely sure they are innocent, they are treated as such until there is enough evidence to show that they are actually guilty.
This is the default position on any claim. We don't treat a claim like it is true until there is enough evidence to show that it is true. This is how atheism is responding on a basic level with theistic claims. If you understand the court case example, it shouldn't be too difficult to apply it here as well.
That's how I view it. I find gods in general, and the Abrahamic god in particular, innocent of existing until shown to be otherwise.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
