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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It does, and that is where belief comes in. Nobody can prove that God exists, nor can they prove God does not exist. This leaves everyone with their beliefs, people either believe they do, believe they don’t, or the often misunderstood third stance of don’t know, can’t know so don’t spend time thinking or worrying about it.
“Believers” feel (right or wrong) they have experienced things and seen things that support that a God exists. “Non-Believers” feel (right or wrong) they have not seen or experienced things that support the idea of a Deity.
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