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'Prove claims' question.
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RE: 'Prove claims' question.
To address the original post, the phrase "I think" is sometimes used out of a lack of confidence. I was going to begin by saying "I think the reason people..." and carry on from there. This is because I was basically gonna make up a suggestion with no real evidence to back it up. "I think" gives me the cover of opinion.

If somebody says "I think there is a God" then you can pose the question "what makes you think this?"
If they present no evidence, dismiss their claim, as it says in Purple Rabbit's sig.
If they do have evidence, dispute it like any other debate. It isn't exactly the same as burden of proof, it's more a case of us asking the thinker to assess their thoughts and back them up. If they cannot do this, their opinion has no ground to stand on. It's just baseless speculation.
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'Prove claims' question. - by Edwardo Piet - December 14, 2008 at 7:32 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by bozo - December 14, 2008 at 7:54 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by Edwardo Piet - December 14, 2008 at 8:06 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by Kyuuketsuki - December 15, 2008 at 4:16 am
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by Purple Rabbit - December 15, 2008 at 2:10 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by Kyuuketsuki - December 15, 2008 at 4:58 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by leo-rcc - December 15, 2008 at 4:42 am
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by CoxRox - December 15, 2008 at 5:44 am
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by Kyuuketsuki - December 15, 2008 at 8:58 am
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by Ace Otana - December 15, 2008 at 8:28 am
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by CoxRox - December 15, 2008 at 10:18 am
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by LukeMC - December 15, 2008 at 1:50 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by CoxRox - December 15, 2008 at 7:20 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by Edwardo Piet - December 15, 2008 at 7:48 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by CoxRox - December 15, 2008 at 7:51 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by Edwardo Piet - December 15, 2008 at 8:37 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by LukeMC - December 16, 2008 at 5:24 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by CoxRox - December 16, 2008 at 5:47 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by LukeMC - December 16, 2008 at 6:01 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by leo-rcc - December 16, 2008 at 5:49 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by CoxRox - December 16, 2008 at 5:55 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by CoxRox - December 16, 2008 at 6:08 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by leo-rcc - December 16, 2008 at 6:22 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by CoxRox - December 16, 2008 at 6:28 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by leo-rcc - December 16, 2008 at 6:30 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by CoxRox - December 16, 2008 at 6:37 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by Darwinian - December 16, 2008 at 6:39 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by CoxRox - December 16, 2008 at 6:41 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by leo-rcc - December 16, 2008 at 6:44 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by Edwardo Piet - December 16, 2008 at 8:13 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by Tiberius - December 16, 2008 at 10:16 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by Edwardo Piet - December 16, 2008 at 10:32 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by Tiberius - December 17, 2008 at 12:30 am
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by leo-rcc - December 17, 2008 at 5:04 am
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by Edwardo Piet - December 17, 2008 at 12:40 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by LukeMC - December 17, 2008 at 12:45 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by Edwardo Piet - December 17, 2008 at 12:48 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by leo-rcc - December 17, 2008 at 12:53 pm
RE: 'Prove claims' question. - by Edwardo Piet - December 17, 2008 at 1:06 pm

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