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My point was that lack of evidence doesn’t prove non-existence. It’s certainly true that there is plenty of evidence against a God who constantly meddles and makes everybody’s life perfect, but there is no evidence for or against a hands-off God, e.g.,
In the same way you might say that there is no evidence against a silent and invisible dragon in my driveway. But none of us believe in invisible dragons in our driveways because they’re so unlikely we would require a lot of evidence to convince us they are there. The same goes for God. God, as it is usually described, is such an extraordinarily complex entity that the chances of one happening to exist are so small as to be irrelevant until we have a lot more evidence in favor of it’s (His) existence. See this and the articles listed as prequels at the top of it for deeper discussion.
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Hey, welcome to Less Wrong. Introduce yourself here if you like.
In the same way you might say that there is no evidence against a silent and invisible dragon in my driveway. But none of us believe in invisible dragons in our driveways because they’re so unlikely we would require a lot of evidence to convince us they are there. The same goes for God. God, as it is usually described, is such an extraordinarily complex entity that the chances of one happening to exist are so small as to be irrelevant until we have a lot more evidence in favor of it’s (His) existence. See this and the articles listed as prequels at the top of it for deeper discussion.