(July 13, 2009 at 12:55 am)Arcanus Wrote: What does this have to do with God claims? Not a thing. You are as paranoid as Rhizomorph. It is about the 'null hypothesis' only and trying describe it in a way that anyone can understand (however imperfectly, given the nature of analogies). To say that God exists until proven otherwise is the exact same ad ignorantiam fallacy.
Arcanus,
Now now, I was not being paranoid, just hopeful that you were going somewhere with this post. I didn't even assume that it was directly god related so much as I seriously wanted to know which two populations you were going to compare. Re-read my post and you will see what I mean.
Rhizo