Can you prove a non-existent thing to be non-existent? Is there any logic in it?

Answer 1

You can not prove non-existence. In the case of God you can not prove existence either as worship of God is based on faith. If you proved God existed then faith would no longer be necessary, and since the purpose of worshiping God is to enhance faith, God would cease to exist.

Answer 2

You can prove it by its non existing impact on things it should logically impact. Like proving there are no, nor have ever been (here) UFOs. The are no remains of crashes, or existing items that could only have come from somewhere else and being non natural items.
It is very difficult to prove that someone has never been married. There is no archive where that can be looked up. I once proved that very thing to an embassy employee, in order to get my third wife issued a fiance visa. Obviously before we got married.

Answer 3

Mathematicians do it all the time.
Scientists live to prove the inexistence of the non-existent, so that it balances out their ecuations.

I don't agree with the silent tree theory, When a tree falls and there is someone around to hear it it makes a noise. It is nature. Why would it go quietly if it has no audience?
The tree falls and the noise it makes startles the nearby animals. We can observe the birds fly up even if we don't hear or even see the tree. There will be a noise even if no one is there to hear it.

Think about vacuums. They are a "non-existant thing". There is nothing inside wherever we have created that vacuum.

Answer 4

Not really, no. Unless you, like me, accept *lack* of proof of existence as being proof of non-existence. Think about, in order to "prove" something, what's required? Evidence, of course. What sort of evidence does a non-existent thing leave behind? None, of course. You either have to accept lack of proof as proof, or believe everything you hear until you can find sufficient proof against it, and that would be an insane way to live. Literally.

Answer 5

No, but a non-existant thing can't prove I exist either. So we're even.

Answer 6

actually...yes and no. If you say something doesnt exist but later on evidence is found, then you have been proven wrong. BUT if you claim something doesnt exist and NO evidence has been found YET, then there's a POSSIBILITY that you are right, BUT that doesn't mean it doesnt exist (just like at the time you thought something didnt exist until you were proven wrong)

Understood?

Answer 7

well youve touched on a profound truth...since there is no proof of god and no proof He exists or doesnt exist...and no proof of the theoreies in science as to creation or evolution, since they take the same elements that christians or creationists use and form their theories and beliefs...thers no concrete proof either way right? so debate is henceforth a waste of time lol...everyone just believe as you do and the debate is over until some proof arrives in the sky.

Answer 8

You can prove almost anything, depending on the premises.

Suppose a flying trampoline that is seen and known by every person on the planet. I am on the planet. I have neither seen nor known this flying trampoline. Therefore, there is no flying trampoline seen and known by everyone on the planet.

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Answer 9

No. A lack of proof is not proof.

Does a tree falling in the woods make a sound if no one is there to hear it? No. In order to be an observed phenomena (sound) someone must be there to hear it. No one to hear it, no sound made. If you have a tape recorder which records the sound, then you have observed (heard) the event, ergo there is a sound.

Answer 10

Can you prove that the Big Bang is a "fact", and not just a theory?