It is evidence against the Christian god. From Wiki: 'The premise of the argument is that if God existed (and wanted humanity to know it), he would have brought about a situation in which everyone reasonable believed in him; however there are unbelievers and reasonable unbelievers, and therefore this weighs against God's existence.'
Also, absence of evidence constitutes evidence of absence if you look where there should be evidence and find none e.g. if you hear that there was an elephant in your back garden, look for footprints or a giant turd, and don't find them, or if you conduct a double blind trial on the efficacy of prayer, and get no positive correlation.
In the Problem of Evil, the definition of evil is that given by monetheists themselves.
Also, absence of evidence constitutes evidence of absence if you look where there should be evidence and find none e.g. if you hear that there was an elephant in your back garden, look for footprints or a giant turd, and don't find them, or if you conduct a double blind trial on the efficacy of prayer, and get no positive correlation.
In the Problem of Evil, the definition of evil is that given by monetheists themselves.
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
