Evidence Against God

[Phil]

Why can't absolute lack of evidence of his existence serve as proof of his non existence? I've never really got that.

There was no clear evidence that the earth was round at one point. Does that mean the earth was flat until we discovered it?

Just because something is unobserved doesn't mean it doesn't exist. It just means you are free to disregard it without looking stupid.

Wrong. Very and severely wrong but often thought to be true. An absence of evidence when there should be evidence is unquestionably evidence of absence.

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Lots of people think you can't prove a negative but popularity doesn't make the saying true. A negative can easily be proven. For example, the statement 2 + 2 = 5 is made and here is a small proof that it is false. You have 2 rocks in your left hand you throw on a table in front of you. You have another 2 rocks in your right hand you also throw on the table in front of you. The table does not hold 5 rocks therefore the statement that 2 + 2 = 5 is proven false. What is impossible to prove is a negative with infinite possibilities such as an undefined god. Once god is defined in concrete terms, it is a trivial matter to disprove it's existence.