The Historical Reliability of the New Testament

[Fidel_Castronaut]

The vast majority of atheists I know simply state that the god claim is unproven.

The vast majority of Christian apologists I know simply state that atheists are shirking their responsibility to make the case for what they believe.

Tosh, tosh of the highest order.

What does this even mean? Atheists believe all sorts of things, I know I do. What point are you trying to make?

The burden to prove the god claim rests with you.  

Agreed. And the burden to prove that God does not exist rests with you.

What an incredibly stupid thing to say.

Just to clarify, no 'we' don't. You have to convince us to a standard we as individuals seem to be reasonable that what you're claiming has an element of validity to it (see: post above).

Your utter failure to convince us of said claims is reflective of one person's shortcomings; yours. In short, saying 'I don't believe you' is not synonymous with inheriting the burden of proof.

how embarrassing that someone has to point this very basic concept out to someone on a religious/atheism discussion forum.