Atheists deny the existence of God. If an Atheist argues that there is no proof of the existence of God, is it fair to require Atheists to prove the non-existence of God to support their position? If not, why?
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When it comes to religion (or non-religion), it is very hard to prove any sect as being right or wrong. If an Atheist is criticising your faith because they don't beleive that you can prove it, then yes, it would only be right for them to also have to offer proof of their claim. The same, however, would go for someone criticising Atheism.
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Would you require me to also prove the non-existence of unicorns, and fairies, and leprechauns too? You can't prove a negative. It's up to the person making the positive claim to provide proof if it's to be taken seriously. As said by Carl Sagan, extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
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Yes.
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No - for a couple reasons. But firs let me clear one thing up. It's not a lack of "proof" in god - it's a lack of evidence of any kind. There's a huge difference. Now as for asking for proof of a non-existence of god. 1. To me the biggest one is that it's simply impossible to prove the negative of anything. For instance, prove that I, the great 23skidoo am not god. I say I am - prove me a liar. 2. The burden of proof is on the side that makes a claim. Believers claim there is a god. Show some evidence. 3. The reason for #2 is that there are an infinite number of possible things one could claim. To have to look for evidence to the contrary would just be silly.
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Some people believe in God and it is nobody's business but their own. Other people don't believe in God and, again, it is nobody's business but their own. I just do not understand why so many members of these two groups feel the need to incessantly chip away at each other, because neither faction is going to alter the opinions of the other faction one iota - they are simply wasting their time.
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That is the same thing as asking a person of religion to be required to prove the existance of God. Just let people believe what they want to, seriously!!
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No it is not up to atheist to require proof against god, we are not the ones claiming he exist, the proof of god relies on the people who are claiming his existence.
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The problem with your suggestion is that claiming that there is no proof for a god is different from claiming there is evidence for there not being a god.
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Neither side, no matter what they say can offer proof of their belief. It comes down to what they want to believe.
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No. There is no natural argument that God exists like there is a natural argument that the sun is bright. People created religion. Therefore those who create the religion and make the claims are the ones that have the burden of proof. So I agree with you Faerie, the one who is making the argument has the responsibility of proving their case. Believers are the ones making the claim that God exists so it is up to them to provide the evidence.
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Wow. What a convoluted question. IF I have it right, you're saying that atheists should prove god does not exist. Can't prove a negative. Not very easily anyway. On the other hand, if you're asking them to view religious arguments as proof, the onus lands on the religious to show the proofs to be valid. I hope I got it. Really hard question to parse.
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In logic, it is not possible to prove a negative.
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They should,but the thing is they can't.
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Thats asking for proof of things that simply do not exist. There is no proof either way and you're asking for something that is non-provable. The claim God is real is based on speculation, merely a guessing game or wishful thinking. That said, there is much more evidence of non existence than of existence. Your claims are based on speculation of things that no living human being has ever seen, heard nor touched and you expect proof that it's not real? Good luck with that. I think anyone claiming God is real should never be allowed to use the name "anonymous" and should not be allowed to DR anyone as anonymous.. Prove me wrong on that.
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In science, it is the burden of those positing the existence/truthfulness of a certain principle to supply proof. That is the way the scientific method works. It can't work the other way, since people can just go making sill statements that can't be disproved (like the flying spaghetti monster).
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Atheists do not deny the existence of god. No one can deny that which doesn't exist. I seriously doubt that the you can see, much less understand, the difference As for the rest of your argument...waaa haaa...ROFL! Try proving a negative! Go ahead, Einstein, humor me!
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Here are 50, count them FIFTY proofs of the nonexistance of god. http://godisimaginary.com/ So in terms of fairness- yes.
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If you say there's a spoon on the table but it's invisible then why should I have to give you proof that there is a spoon? Your the one trying to change my perception so your the one who has to provide the facts, without facts your words are meaningless.
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Who in the world can provide proof on the existence of God? Tell me! No one, right?
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1.Atheists do not deny the existence of god, mainly because...well, he doesn't exist 2. No, it's not fair (never mind smart), to ask someone to disprove a negative (even verbalizing that sounds stupid). This is, by far, one of the stupidest arguments that believers have ever come up with and it's hardly original. Look up Pascal's Wager and see for yourself 3. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary proofs. You are the ones makes those extraordinary claims, therefore, the burden of proof falls on you not the other way around Finally, I realize that all of this is waaaaaay to complicated for you to grasp so I understand if you don't get it. Intelligent people out there will
MrJosh 
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