Big fan of Carl Sagan, he was like a father figure to me, I’m partially molded by him.
That said, something he used to say all the time really baffled me, still does:
“Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence”
He said this when talking about aliens.
However: Sagan was a famous non believer.
How does this aphorism reconcile with the existence or non existence of a god?
If “absence of evidence is not evidence of absence” does that apply to a god as well?
Is there a god even though there is no evidence of him/her/it?
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There is a huge problem for your argument as well when it comes to God and other religions. They stated the affirmative that their God or whatever exists. They did not provide any evidence and can be dismissed. Just like if I said Santa Claus lived down the street from me but didn’t even provide an address or picture. I stated something as a fact with no evidence. The burden is on the person stating it, I can’t just go you have no evidence Santa claus doesn’t live down the street from me.
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