(May 30, 2018 at 5:25 pm)MysticKnight Wrote:(May 30, 2018 at 5:22 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Burden of proof is on the individual making the assertion/statement.
I made the assertion that man made god. My evidence is that men wrote the bible, the quran, the book of mormon, ............
If there is a burden proof of the person making the claim, then there is a burden for the people to listen.
And if they are going to dismiss the evidence presented or argument, then, they ought to show good reasons themselves and the minimum of that is show proper understanding to the argument.
All OP is asking you to do is show the evidence that "the burdened with proof" are expected to show, and analyze why you think it's all wrong, and that your analysis as opposed to Theists, shows the evidence is false.
I do not have to explain my lack of belief to any theist, and for a theist to insist that I do so is very highly offensive and disrespectful. We do not go into mosques and churches and hold up parts of the texts and shout "why is it reasonable to believe this bullshit???" but people come here and do exactly that on a daily basis.
Then when we say that we simply don't believe that any gods exist, we're told that the burden of proof is on US and to explain ourselves. A primary law of logic is that the person making the claim (G is - what utter crap!) must provide proof for that claim, because it is impossible to prove that something (immaterial, supernatural) does NOT exist. And people wonder why some atheists seem to distrust all believers.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein