Quote:Making a positive claim attracts the burden of proof.By asserting "there is no god" Raynd does indeed have that obligation.Correct. It's all a matter of how she phrased it. I'd have said "You can't prove a negative - for example that unicorns/fairies don't exist on any planet, but for now there is no reason to believe in them". Her "strong atheist"position, while technically pretty much sums up what most atheists think, is hard to defend.
On the one hand, she seems like an interesting character and while I disagree with many things she said (not in that particular video but overall) she would have probably been interesting to talk to.
However, when it comes to defending atheism I hate to sound pompous but I'd probably have done a better job (I have listened to almost all episodes of the atheist experience, read many books on the topic and participated in long skype debates with theists).
Or at the very least Jeff Dee/Dilahunty/Dawkins/Hitchens/Harris/Dennet all are way better than her.
Have you found Jesus? If so read "the god dillusion"
