Ron Gurley
What U See is What U Get!
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What specifically is the belief system of atheists? By what kind of logic exactly, does a theist prove their beliefs, which are wildly varied?Have y'all figgered it out?? The side that has the "burden of proof" LOSES.
Why? Because matters of SPIRIT / SOUL are IMPOSSIBLE to "prove" / "DISS-prove" with empirical / "scientific EVIDENCE.
A-theists cannot PROVE their BELIEF SYSTEM.
Theists , without the Bible, CAN by logic and debate PROVE their BELIEF SYSTEM.
As most people know, atheists will typically place the burden of proof on the theists in a debate
Atheism becomes the default when theists fail to persuade the atheists.
Now I agree that atheism should be the default. I believe this, because atheist beliefs are a subset of theist beliefs.
Atheists believe in science, history, etc.
Theists also believe in these things, but they want to add extra beliefs such as gods, life after death, angels, etc. It is the theists who are trying to increase the shared set of beliefs with new beliefs, therefore the theists have the burden of proof.
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the burden of proof is actually in the atheistic side. even dawkins admit this in is book "the blind watchmaker". this is because as far as we know: a self replicating watch that made from orogoanic components is evidence for design. so atheist need to prove that such a watch can evolve naturally.
I just wanted to clarify what I meant when I wrote that atheism is a subset of theism. I was referring to the entire set of everything a person believes about reality. For example "1+1=2" is believed by atheists and theists alike. Virtually everything a typical atheist believes will match what a typical theist believes. However, the theist believes just a little bit more ("Jesus was resurrected"....) So in that sense atheism is a subset of theism. Therefore it should be the default. It is the theists who are trying to add new beliefs.Hmm, no. Atheism is not a set of beliefs and most definatly not a "subset" of theism.
Theism is accepting a set of beliefs.
Atheism is... not accepting that particular set of beliefs.
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