Reply #427: I disagree with that logic

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"If there is no evidence that something exists, and all attempts to find such evidence have failed then that IS proof that it does not exist." - ThomCat

All current attempts have failed but that does not mean that technology and our knowledge of the known universe might allow us to find things we previously thought were non-existent. I am atheist, but your logic is flawed and I would like you to tighten up your arguement when confronting these irrational believers. Aristotle's syllogism can be defective when there are formal defects within the system itself, over-estimation of the syllogism as compared to other forms of deductive arguement, and over estimation of deduction as a form of arguement. You might like Bertrand Russell's Why I am Not a Christian in his compilation, God and Religion. His logic is sound and full of great ideas that really get the mental gears moving.