RE: The Case for Atheism
May 8, 2013 at 2:58 pm
(This post was last modified: May 8, 2013 at 2:59 pm by Simon Moon.)
(May 8, 2013 at 2:48 pm)goodnews Wrote: In a nutshell....." ABSENCE OF EVIDENCE IS NOT EVIDENCE OF ABSENCE "
There are problems with this.
1. if you would expect to find evidence, and there is none, then it is evidence of absence. If you are claiming a god that interferes with our reality (miracles, answering prayers, communicating with people, etc), then evidence would be expected.
2. If there is no evidence, then there is no justification for belief.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.