Why atheism is irrational

[Vincenzo Vinny G.]

I'm finding a consistent pattern of reading and comprehension difficulties among you guys here. Is that normal? Because in the same thread, I said

Granted, it takes a little bit of reasoning to go from "I don't believe in BoP. But since you do, I'm willing to use it, insofar as I define it this way."

I've been tested on reading comprehension ability before in the higher education institutions I attended. I've always tested perfect on them. It's not my ability to discern your writing that is the problem. It's your ideas that aren't making a lot of sense.

Academic literature may not frequently use the term "burden of proof" but all scientific theories have nothing but eternal requirements for it.

Anything that makes a claim has a burden of proof.

When I say that I don't believe in a deity, the only burden of proof I am making is that I believe something. There is no other claim there.

If you ask me why I don't believe in a deity I only ask, "Why should I?".

No one has provided me with any evidence to believe in such a thing.

That's funny because the word "proof" doesn't come up in science. In fact, very little in science is known with certainty, and all theories supported by evidence are liable to be overturned as further discoveries are made. Rather, proofs are only discussed in the context of mathematics (and law).

What scientific theories actually require is not proof, but evidence.

I take it, since you said you've been tested at higher institutions, you've been to college. If you don't mind me asking, what did you do in college?