You made the claim, you back it up. It's not jimbo's job, it's yours. Shifting the burdon of proof is still a fallacy, as far as I recall.
[SIZE=+1]Shifting the Burden of Proof – occurs when speakers do not prove their own claims while forcing others to prove them.[/SIZE]
A standard rule in argumentation is “he who asserts must prove,” meaning that the writer bears full responsibility to prove that his or her claims are true. Writers and speakers, especially when cornered with tough questions, often speak authoritatively, but they sometimes assume that their assertions are valid and place the onus of proof onto the audience.
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If someone claims to know a fact, always look at its source. If the arguer cannot validate or justify his own remarks, then they probably are not valid (and cannot be considered valid anyway until proven otherwise). The audience does not bear any responsibility to prove the speaker’s arguments.
This fallacy is also called an “appeal to ignorance” because the action of passing this responsibility onto the audience suggests that a group of unprepared non-experts is appearing qualified to speak, when they clearly are not.
This website gives a financial breakdown of ministries including the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. The compensation for Billy Graham is listed at 159,545 for the year 2009.
Charity Navigator Rating - Billy Graham Evangelistic Association
Some others listed on the website .... Pat Robertson of CBN is 338,226. Charles Stanley is 119,155. Ken perez , President of John Stott ministries 12,703. The president of the American Bible society , R. Lamar Vest makes $409,113. Walk through the bible president , Philip Tuttle makes 152,681. John Bevere, president of his ministry makes 80,372 , but his wife Lisa Bevere, who is vice president make 138,595. Ed Silvoso makes $199,229. Reinhard Bonnke makes 145,323. Michael Youssef is not compensated by the ministry that he is the president of. Chuck Swindoll amkes only $59,560 , but his wife , Cynthia Swindoll , who is President and CEO of insight of living ministries makes 171,343. Jack Van Impe makes 125,823. His wife , Rexella Van Impe works with him in ministry and makes 77,954. Alexander D. Hill , President of InterVarsity Fellowship makes 159,707. Joni Eareckson Tada makes 129,736. Robert C. Sproul makes 173,618. Richard Roberts makes 250,093 as President of the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association. Kay Arthur makes 93,414. Ravi Zacharias makes 142,196.
Food for the hungry President , Benjamin Homan makes 180,826. Feed my starving children Executive Director , Mark Crea makes 124,359.
Here is from the write up of Feed my starving children ministry.
Founded in 1987, Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) is a Christian organization committed to feeding God's starving children hungry in body and spirit. The approach is simple: children and adults alike hand-pack meals designed specially for starving children, and FMSC ships the meals to more than 70 countries around the world. In 2010 FMSC produced 124.3 million meals with 515,711 volunteers.
I hope that helps to put it into context. Over 100,000 seems to be the going rate for Ministers over large ministries.
