In my view I agree with the idea that lack of evidence can be evidence of lack. In the case of gods the lack of evidence does indeed approach the status of evidence of lack. Personally I think the probability of there being any gods to be so low as to effectively be zero, just not *quite* zero. So, I don't waste my time wondering if there are any gods, I simply choose to live my life under the assumption that none do exist. In the unlikely event that some actual evidence ever gets produced in favour of some god's existence, then and only then I will review my opinion based on the strength of that evidence. However religion has had thousands of years to come up with such evidence and so far all it has managed is self delusion, logical fallacies and sophistry so I'm not concerned that such evidence is imminent.