Evidence and all that

[chezlaw]

I'm trying to clear up some of the recuring issues about evidence.

Propositon E.
Suppose two theories T1 and T2 do not make different predictions about the world. Then deciding whether to believe T1 or T2 is nothing to do with evidence.


Consider
T1: some god created the world for some purpose only knowable after we leave this world (die)
T2: no god created this world

By proposition E, deciding between T1 and T2 is not a matter of evidence.

As T1 is one possible conception of god (assuming any conception of god is possible) then evidence cannot rule out the existence of god.

Therefore anyone who believe there is no god doesn't believe this because of the evidence.

chez