| WolfpackN64 said: The burden of proof is, considering the epistemological state of both sides of the argument, on both sides of the argument. |
No it's not.
The burden of proof entails that ANYONE who makes a claim needs to actually provide evidence, that is all there is to it.
Atheists asking Theists evidence for their claims or heavily scrutinizing said Theistic claims do not need to meet any kind of burden of proof. - Atheists aren't claiming that something else actually exists in it's place. (And most Atheists believe in what Science has provided anyway.)
Atheists are also free to discard any Theistic claim that doesn't meet said burden of proof. I.E. God.
The only real Truth is what we have discovered via the scientific method and not what the Bible, Torah or Quran or other Religious texts says, that's really what it comes down to.
Fact of the matter is... These Middle Eastern, Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism and Islam) have been around for thousands of years, they have had thousands of years to gather appropriate empirical evidence to justify their various religious assertions... And have blatantly failed on all fronts... And honestly I believe they should be ridiculed for that. Heavily.
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