we didn't have evidence of the existence of neutrinos at one point, did this mean that they did not exist?
2007-04-04 13:50:22 · 11 answers · asked by Nick F 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
We don't have any evidence of diabetic unicorns from outer space. Does this mean that they don't exist?
In other words, yes. In science, absence of evidence is evidence of absence. It doesn't work the other way around, otherwise people would still believe in Santa.
2007-04-04 13:53:30 · answer #1 · answered by gruz 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
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The proof and evidence is all around you and everywhere, undeniable proof, and indisputable visible evidence. It is called creation and life. Unless your are blind, deaf, and senseless. You can see, smell, taste, hear, feel, and examine the evidence.
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We live on a planet teeming with life. Plant life with approximately 250,000 species, animal life with over a million species. Scientists are learning just how complex life is. So complex that it requires design. The evidence of design requires a designer. Scientists are also learning the conditions for life; just how perfect conditions here on planet Earth are to support all this life.
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The human brain, it absorbs forty megabytes per second of data while awake. That is two terabytes of data a day. At night, it sorts and stores that data through the creation of new chemical bonds and synaptic connectors.
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Sure, right, this all just happened and evolved. This sort of thinking takes considerable faith, exponentially more faith than believing in a creator.
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2007-04-04 20:53:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
But we found ways to test for neutrinos. Apparently, we'll never find a way to test for god. So since there's no evidence and no way of testing it, there's no point in thinking it exists.
2007-04-04 20:53:20 · answer #3 · answered by eri 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is. And the point is that had you tried to guess how matter was made up in1800 you would have been way off.
No evidence makes anything that you try to come up with a wild guess that has no real chance of being right.
2007-04-04 20:54:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
If your point is that there is a polka-dotted chimpanzee dancing on your head at this very moment*, I think your logic is letting you down.
* or that "god" exists, or whatever...
2007-04-04 21:04:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evidently not.
2007-04-04 20:53:15 · answer #6 · answered by wefmeister 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope. To prove a negative, you must first prove a positive.
2007-04-04 20:53:09 · answer #7 · answered by S K 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Man, we don't know nothin yet.
2007-04-04 20:55:49 · answer #8 · answered by John S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If we didn't have faith that we would find them, we wouldn't have found them!
2007-04-04 20:53:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe so. Hey, did you really think of that yourself? Probably not. THINK FOR YOURSELF.
2007-04-04 20:52:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋