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Originally Posted by GigoloMason
Why don't you think what you just said through.
Absence of a claim in this case would be agnostisism, not atheism.
By your logic saying there is not a blue car in my parking lot isn't a claim simply becasue it's a negative statement.
Whether I say there's a blue car there or not, I've made a claim.
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A blue car in the parking lot adds
location to the statement. That makes it a different statement altogether, since it adds the logical possibility of the claim being proven false.
I think the existence of God is just as likely as that of pink alien elephants. I don't know if they or God exist, but as long as they haven't been proven to exist I won't believe in them.
The burden of proof is on the person making the positive statement. Philosophy 101.