(December 14, 2008 at 7:32 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: Question on the burden of proof on claims.Well EvF I suppose it may be pertinent whether the " claimant " is on a mission. To say that you think anything opens up the reply as to why you believe. Thus the burden of proof is still there. If you don't come up with a good answer, why should anyone go with it?
If someone says "God exists" then the burden of proof is on them because they claim it to be so.
But what I want to know is if they instead said "I think God exists", would this really be a claim? Would it count? If not could they simply go around saying they only "think" it but still convince others that God exists with their preaching, teaching and/or arguments because they keep adding "I think"?
In short if a someone inserts "I think" in front of a claim such as "God exists" would it count as a claim and would the burden of proof still be on them?
I'm interested to know.
It's not the same thing but I've lost count of the number of people ( in denial ) who start off by saying " I'm not a racist... BUT " and then spout racist rhetoric.
A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
