I wouldn't go so far as to say that atheists fall for the shifting of the burden of proof. Perhaps they pause for a moment to wonder how people could be so damn ignorant as to suggest the skeptic ought to prove the inverse of their claim, however atheists certainly aren't "fooled". How many atheists would exist if we were all so frail-minded?
When you originally said "even atheists fall for it", I have a feeling you meant that atheists generalize, subconsciously granting that, if a God were to exist, it would likely have traits x,y,and z. Any intellectually honest person, whether atheistic or theistic, should have the integrity and rigor to come to their own conclusions after they have accepted a new concept.
People and their fairytale beliefs and make-believe fantasy is something we will all have to deal with for the rest of our lives.
When you originally said "even atheists fall for it", I have a feeling you meant that atheists generalize, subconsciously granting that, if a God were to exist, it would likely have traits x,y,and z. Any intellectually honest person, whether atheistic or theistic, should have the integrity and rigor to come to their own conclusions after they have accepted a new concept.
People and their fairytale beliefs and make-believe fantasy is something we will all have to deal with for the rest of our lives.
My conclusion is that there is no reason to believe any of the dogmas of traditional theology and, further, that there is no reason to wish that they were true.
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
Man, in so far as he is not subject to natural forces, is free to work out his own destiny. The responsibility is his, and so is the opportunity.
-Bertrand Russell
