RE: Hey Anti-Theists! Prove Your Claim
August 11, 2014 at 5:39 pm
(This post was last modified: August 11, 2014 at 5:41 pm by Ryantology.)
(August 11, 2014 at 4:36 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: I guess I was thinking more along the lines of 'gnostic atheism', a metaphysical claim. I suppose that puts anti-theism into the basic "I'm against anything related to theistic belief" catagory, for any number of reasons, even though the existence of a god or gods cannot be formally disproven.
Why do you think this burden doesn't apply to you? You believe in a single, specific god and your belief system explicitly excludes all other possible belief systems and gods as being false. If we have to prove that all gods don't exist, you are just as burdened with proving that all other gods don't exist, and that's just in addition to all the things about your god you have the burden of positively proving. Your burden of proof is always going to be greater than even the most convinced strong atheist, and there's nothing you can do about it except satisfy that burden. That being the case, perhaps you should stop trying to shift the burden. You've more than got your work cut out for you.
