Keith Knapp discussing ""Existence Exists"" with Matt Eggleston...
 KK> Science has no measureable evidence for the existence of God.
Indeed. But let's put that in context: there is no measurable evidence for 
the existence of god. Period.
 KK> Contrary
 KK> to the unscientific opinions of a few scientists, that does not prove
 KK> the nonexistence of God.
You stated in your message that science cannot prove a negative. With regard 
to god NO-ONE can prove the negative assertion - god does not exist. It can 
only be proved wrong.
 KK> Under strict scientific methodology, it means
 KK> science is silent on that question.
As indeed it should. Science deals with evidence. There is no evidence of 
god. Science does not deal with it.
 KK> Or as the aphorism puts it, absence
 KK> of evidence is not evidence of absence.
Indeed. But then one can state things like; there are invisible pink 
elephants on the dark side of the moon. There is an absence of evidence for 
my assertion, but that is not evidence of absence.
It's a not an aphorism as I understand them.
Absence of evidence is no evidence. Without evidence we have nothing to 
consider. Anything more is speculation and belief, and only those that 
speculate and believe use this non-aphorism.
    Relatif Tuinn
... Chaos is King, and Magic is loose in the world.
--- Spot 1.3a #1413
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