(December 9, 2015 at 7:21 pm)athrock Wrote:(December 9, 2015 at 6:33 pm)Evie Wrote: And that's where you start being irrelevant.
Doesn't make it true. Christianity is still false [emphasis added], so why are atheists stupid for pointing that out?
Even with fallacious refutations from some atheists, the onus is still on the Christian to begin with when they claim that God exists.
Just to illustrate and not to but you've just made a positive assertion that you have the burden of prove.
Is this sinking in at all?
(December 9, 2015 at 6:49 pm)Mr.wizard Wrote: Atheism is a lack of belief, its a response to a claim, it does not make a claim or bear a burden of proof. Also "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence" is not confirmation bias, certain claims require different degrees of evidence. One example: If someone claims to have a dog, I am inclined to believe them if they show me the leash. On the other hand if they claim to have pet dragon, simply showing me a leash will not be sufficient.
I don't believe in unicorns, and I don't invest any time, money or energy into confirming my non-belief. Zip. Zero. Zilch. Nada.
In my short time here, I get the impression that some folks here are actively not believing in a mythical god waaaaaay more than I'm not believing in a mythical creature.
Atheism, as practiced by some anyway, is clearly a whole lot more than a simple "lack of belief".
Your talking about claims by specific atheists though, your not talking about Atheism. Its like saying atheism is a belief in aliens because Joe the atheist makes a claim that aliens exist.