Yet, this is exactly what the religious mind-set insists must be done.
Is it the case that this tendency will spill over into other areas of life, and in their desire to either explain, or explain away phenomenon for which they have no experience?
My personal intuition says yes.
As for absence of evidence I see on the Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris websites all the time, people who insist that absence of evidence allows them to retain beliefs which are highly doubtful (that tendency to have beliefs that are not allowed to be challenged because they must be respected).
I guess what I am saying is that I agree with you, but that you have only nicked the top of the iceberg.
Yet, this is exactly what the religious mind-set insists must be done.
Is it the case that this tendency will spill over into other areas of life, and in their desire to either explain, or explain away phenomenon for which they have no experience?
My personal intuition says yes.
As for absence of evidence I see on the Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris websites all the time, people who insist that absence of evidence allows them to retain beliefs which are highly doubtful (that tendency to have beliefs that are not allowed to be challenged because they must be respected).
I guess what I am saying is that I agree with you, but that you have only nicked the top of the iceberg.