acrionx opened this issue on Oct 05, 2010 · 394 posts
EClark1894 posted Tue, 19 October 2010 at 12:45 PM
Quote - "I guess you have your work cut out for you to prove all this."
Actually no, many more tangible facts about the universe, our world, and existence in general has been proven by scientific study than by religious study. Religious people often say that science has the burden of proving that there is no God - no, the religious has the burden of proving that there is a God, heaven, hell, and everything else we cannot see, and all they seem to have are the writings of people who didn't know a whole lot about how things worked back then.**
**If I told people that little atomic-sized aliens followed me around and protected me from harm, they would obviously ask "where are they?" and "how do you know they're really there?". If I said "I just know they are!", I'd be ridiculed and branded a lunatic. If I said they were guardian angels or our Lord watching over me though - no problem. No fair.
SnowS
Actually, who ever makes the accusation has the burden of proof. You can make whatever claims you want and people can ask you to prove them true. But whether or not you do is a choice you make. On the other hand, If I accuse you of lying or telling a falsehood, the burden is on me to prove that my accusation is true.
How do you prove something to anyone who won't accept anything you show them as evidence? And that question can go either way. Athiest or religious.