(November 18, 2010 at 3:25 am)Arcanus Wrote: . To say that the proposition "God exists" is false shoulders an enormous burden of proof that, quite frankly, cannot be met—at least, not validly (i.e., it can be met using logical fallacies, such as argumentum ad ignorantiam). You're lucky you got away with it.
Wrong and typical of theistic sleight of hand. There is no first burden of proof associated with the position that "god exists" is false just as there is no burden of proof associated with denying the existence of anything that might be dreamt up by all and sundry. Indeed there is no first burden of proof associated with denying the existence of anything. The first burden of proof always rests rather with those who would assert the existence of something.
