Evidence is the only means we have for sorting fact from fiction.
Yet the beliefs held by atheists regarding their claim of the nonexistence of God are without any supporting evidence. Atheists believe that God does not exist, citing that there is no absolute proof that He does exist. Yet atheists have no actual evidence that He does not exist. I have no problem with their beliefs, or with the faith that they have in their beliefs. But there’s no reciprocity from their side. They clearly ‘do’ have a problem with what others believe, and with the faith that others have in their beliefs.
Justification has been explained numerous times.....sufficient evidence justifies conviction as does an absence of evidence where evidence should be found.
You believe that you had a bottle of milk in the fridge, but upon opening the fridge door and searching for the milk you find that there is no milk in the fridge.
There is no evidence of milk in the fridge.
What then?
Do you feel that you are justified to believe that there is milk in the fridge, regardless of the absence of evidence for its presence?
And yes, the universe is vast and there may be a hidden God or a bunch of gods, but until evidence comes along to show they exist, it is not justified to believe that they do in fact exist.
