(November 13, 2011 at 12:36 pm)fr0d0 Wrote: But to say we can safely say that there is no God because of a lack of evidence that cannot ever be collected is not.I don't think logic works in that way. [correct me if I'm wrong]
Considering the lack of reliable/scientific evidence in the existence of fairy - we can conclude they may not exist. The same concept could apply to the existence of god.
For example, people considered the picture of unicorn is reliable/scientific evidence to support the existence of unicorn. However, we can't find the physical evidence whatsoever. So claimers had to refute their claims to "There may be or may not" to avoid the burden of proof. Unicorn believers, in beginning, are the ones making the claims so 'tis the burden of proof still belonged to them.