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[Mystic]

While arguments from ignorance are invalid, they sometimes may a strong case regardless.

It may be false, but it is true, huh? You got any better ones?

Well I gave the example of the problem of evil. The problem of evil basically is assuming "there is no possible explanation" of (a) "benevolent" purpose(s) behind suffering/evil in the world.

Now it's easy to simply say, well that's an argument from ignorance, because for all we know, there are reasons we're unaware of.

But in reality, even though it's invalid argument backed up by no evidence, it makes a strong case. It's not a concrete 100% case.

It's a case that put's the Theist on defense. Now the same is true of "design" in biology. Before Theists made a strong case of a Creator. And people acknowledge it was a strong case. But once a person came up with the explanation of evolution, it was no longer a strong case. Now you have to prove evolution is not possible, to argue from design in biology. In other words the tables are turned.

It's invalid argument and not something to rely on, but is not unusual that because we cannot think of an explanation except one, that one explanation is the only explanation, or at least, seems to be the most probable.

In case of the problem of evil, a lot of people conclude the best explanation is that there is no God. However, it is an argument from ignorance.