And I would not be in the least surprised to find theologians arguing that the absence of direct evidence of God’s existence is itself proof of the existence of God, and I would be somewhat surprised to find that none ever had, but I don’t have examples.
That said, straw theism is not particularly uncommon on LW; when people want a go-to example of invalid reasoning, belief in god comes readily to hand. It derives from a common cultural presumption of atheism, although there are some theists around.
(nods)
And I would not be in the least surprised to find theologians arguing that the absence of direct evidence of God’s existence is itself proof of the existence of God, and I would be somewhat surprised to find that none ever had, but I don’t have examples.
That said, straw theism is not particularly uncommon on LW; when people want a go-to example of invalid reasoning, belief in god comes readily to hand. It derives from a common cultural presumption of atheism, although there are some theists around.