Illustrating the burden of proof - pay me!

[Nay_Sayer]

Wasn't this guy here before asking to be paid for proof?

Nope, this is my first time posting on any forum like this. I just had this idea and thought I would share it.

Well, it bears a near-identical notion to another post of the same flavor.

That thread went nowhere too.

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A couple of glaring flaws:

-No one claims that all parties have an equal burden of proof.

-It’s a pretty egregious fallacy to demand that someone prove a negative (which is why ‘Prove to me that gods don’t exist’ is a non-starter).

To answer your question, I think it would make for an interest example of how not to argue.

Boru

When I listened to the Atheist Experience show there were numerous callers arguing that neither theists nor atheists could offer any proof and therefore the positions should be treated as equally valid. I think quite a few people do argue for equal burden of proof.

It seems only one side is making a positive claim. Shrug