Why atheism is irrational

[Bad Wolf]

-I don't believe in burden of proof. If you want me to believe in your "burden of proof", bring me peer reviewed evidence in support of burden of proof, used either in epistemology or in some peer-reviewed academic resource for me to review.

Did you even read my thing about the unicorn? Fine, i'll say it again. Please answer the following questions: I have a living unicorn in my pocket, do you believe me? Who's claim is it? Whos responsibility is it to prove the claim?
Or I could go with god instead: You say a god exists, I don't believe you, unless you show me evidence, i'm still not going to believe you.

-You claimed "Children at a young age are not skeptical at all". Since you are such a fan of invoking peer-reviewed studies, I invite you to bring me scientific studies that show the same.

What? Did you get angry when I matched your bare assertion with another bare assertion? Oh no! But its self evident isn't it? lol. Anyway, you claimed first, defend your claim with evidence, then it will be my turn.

On the off chance that you've pulled your head out your ass and realized that every claim does not need to be supported by a peer-reviewed study, you can do the more modest effort of demonstrating how you conclude that children are not skeptical at all.

I convinced my 4 year old cousin that aliens were hiding in the clouds. I provided no evidence at all. I also studied psychology at college. There is an evolutionary theory as to why children believe almost anything. Particularly what a parent or role model tells them, without question. If a parent tells their child not to pick up snakes, it will help the child survive because snakes are dangerous. If the child did not believe its parents and picked up snakes, it is likely to die. Therefore it is beneficial for children to believe things easily. This can be applied to all sorts of dangers, snakes, spiders, heights ect. Unfortunately this evolutionary adaptation can be abused, that is why religion is so wide spread. That is why you get them while they are young.

-If you have managed the previous point, you know that peer-review is unnecessary.

How am I, or anyone else supposed to know if you didn't just make it up, if it isn't peer reviewed?

Just ask around about the age people became atheists. In my experience most were below 18. Only one person in this thread said he only called himself an atheist age 40. Certainly an exception to the rule.

I wonder what age most people become theists? Hmmmm

There is no burden of proof. If you believe something, explain why, simple as that.

Now you are contradicting yourself