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by Filligree 14 days ago
Sure, but nonexistence is the default. Has to be the default; most possible things do not exist. In this case we have no evidence for, so we stay with the default.
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You're making the "if a tree falls in the woods and nobody hears it" pontification? If so, I disagree with you.
Are they? And anyway, plenty of trees have been observed falling in the forest, and gravity in general. Not so many repeatable observations about divine beings, healing, etc.

Absence of evidence isn't proof of existence. Ultimately it's all about probabilities based what is known. Unlikely there is a blue teacup within Saturn's rings or a flying spaghetti monster.

I'd say there's a lot less evidence of god than a tree falling in the forest that nobody was there to see.