What can’t be Proved

Some things, by their nature, cannot by proved or disproved. The existence of God is one such instance. This cannot be proved or disproved. However, the same could be said about anything that you simply make up. The monster of Lake Eyre and the Guardian Spirit of London, both made up as they were written, cannot be proved or disproved. They cannot be proved because they don’t exist. They cannot be disproved because you cannot prove a negative. Yet a lack of proof does not prove non-existence. Does this mean that the monster of Lake Eyre is just as likely to exist as God? A lot more people believe in God than believe in the Monster of Lake Eyre. Does a million people believing in the existence of something that has no proof, make it more believable than one person believing in something that has no proof? Strictly speaking no, but a million people believing something does make it worthwhile to try and answer the question ‘Why do so many people believe in God?’