RE: Burden of Proof
January 10, 2013 at 1:37 pm
(This post was last modified: January 10, 2013 at 1:39 pm by Simon Moon.)
(January 10, 2013 at 1:11 pm)Mark 13:13 Wrote: I wish people would not keep telling me of the weakness of my position, I'm the only one standing in my position so I should know if its weak or not. From where I stand its perfectly strong and can withstand any assault, just because it breaks all the custom and practice rules does not weaken it.
That's because you don't actually know what constitutes a strong position.
I'm actually astounded that you believe that you consider your position strong, yet you are not able to (have you even tried?) to defend it. All I've seen by you is unsupported assertion after another. Then when we tell you that your assertions are unsupported, you claim that there are other tools for evaluating your claims.
Answer this. If a person claimed that they had invisible dragons living in his back yard, and he was unable to offer a shred of evidence or reasoned argument to support his claim, would you consider his position strong?
Why or why not?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
