pendennis wrote:
It's not irrational to claim that something does not exist, when there's no evidence to the contrary.
I assert that there are no leprechauns. If you believe there are, you are bound by logic to prove that there are. It's no more complicated than that.
I can assert that there was no creation by a superior being. I don't have to provide prove that there wasn't. You, on the other hand, have to prove that a superior being created everything and ignore the science of evolution.
Yes it is irrational to make a definitive claim that something does not exist when you don’t have all the evidence and all the knowledge there is to know in the universe. Now it’s more rational to say you don’t believe there is a God because you don’t see the evidence but the claim that there is no God is irrational. It’s the same way with those who believe in God, If they make The definitive claim that God exists, even If the claim is true, it’s still irrational because they can not know that for certain. It’s more rational to say you believe there is a God or you believe there isn’t a God.