skeptic
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Existence can be taken as evidence of something. By our understanding, the universe began, at least as we now know it, at the Big Bang. By our methods of observation anything before the Big Bang is undefinable and yet we know, or we think we know,that there was something before the Big Bang. This something opens the door for many things and while it doesn't demand a deity it certainly includes one.
As far as detection, who gets to define detectable? If we limit detection to human terms then we unduly frame the universe with unwarranted restraints. Imagine bat sonar. Without the advent of technology there would be no way we would be able to detect or understand bat sonar. We would have to conclude that it doesn't exist if proposed and it's future existence is dependent upon our level of technology. We ran into this very case with the electron. Consider a Star Wars example for the metaphysical case. The Force is detectable but not by any except the Jedi. Does the Force only exist for the Jedi? Are normal people like Han correct is saying it doesn't exist because they've never seen it. What if God is beyond our level of understanding and forever beyond our understanding, does that lack of understanding eliminate the existence of God? It comes down to how much credit we're willing to give to human understanding and what limitations we're willing to accept.
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