I have
equal evidence in any religion that a person existed, was followed, and was suffered and died for.
For example, if a proxy record indicated that a drier condition existed in one part of the world from 800 to 850, it would be counted
as equal evidence for a Medieval Warming Period as a different proxy record that showed wetter conditions in another part of the world from 1250 to 1300.
He actually presented a «balanced» approach by treating Lindzen with respect, but not presenting his argument as if it had
equal evidence supporting the his claims.
Absence of evidence does not and can
not equal evidence of absence, but after a while it does strongly imply it, and if something isn't falsifiable, and if no one is even going to propose what would reasonably constitute safety, it's not even wrong (look that one up too).
You talk as if both positions are equally valid by placing the situation as a binary — either you believe or you don't, and both positions
require equal evidence to prove their claims.
Of course, there is no way there ever could be a scientific basis for stating such a thing regardless of whether it was true or false, but the statement is phrased as such a way as to give the impression that absence of evidence that warming has not just
stopped equals evidence that it has.
For example, if a proxy record indicated that a drier condition existed in one part of the world from 800 to 850, it would be counted
as equal evidence for a Medieval Warming Period as a different proxy record that showed wetter conditions in another part of the world from 1250 to 1300.
There is
equal evidence for the possibility that when you die, Osiris will weigh your heart against Ma'at's feather to determine what will happen to you in your afterlife.
Floyd, it's true that he can't say with certainty that there is no heaven; nor can he say with certainty that there are no invisible unicorns; there's
equal evidence for each.
They all have
equal evidence to support their claims (zero evidence), so how can one be «right» or «wrong»?
There is
equal evidence for all of them (none at all), so what proof do you have that your particular god invented the universe?
There is
equal evidence for your god as there is for the Tooth Fairy.
Considering there is
equal evidence for both, they ave equal merit.
There is
equal evidence for each of these imaginary creatures.