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[–]MIUfish 25 points26 points ago

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"Burden".

[–]Razimek 2 points3 points ago

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Also, "atheist" not "athiest".

[–]shartcheddar[S] 0 points1 point ago

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Thanks, I saw that after I posted and didn't want to repost.

[–]Direnaar 2 points3 points ago

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Cheddar dun goofed

[–]minno 0 points1 point ago

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You can edit images through imgur without changing the link.

[–]StevenViper 5 points6 points ago

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"I POSTED IT AGAIN LOL"

[–]Sir_Jeremiah 3 points4 points ago

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Re-re-re-repost!

[–]shartcheddar[S] 4 points5 points ago

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*Burden

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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prove that's how it's spelled!

[–]Mupingmuan1 0 points1 point ago

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Prove that's not how it's spelled.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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STOP PERCICUTIN MY BALIEFS!!!

[–]Mupingmuan1 0 points1 point ago

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Prove that I shouldn't.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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welp you got me there

[–]justaguess 1 point2 points ago

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Eric Burdon and the Animals?

[–]Yoop3r 1 point2 points ago

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I tell my kids I can fart whenever I want to. They tell me to fart and I tell them I don't want to.

[–]justaguess 1 point2 points ago

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You are a god among children.

[–]effurface 0 points1 point ago

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The burden of proof is irritating but it is easy to prove someone can't fly, especially if you are on a roof.

[–]Spectro87 0 points1 point ago

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You can push a bird off a roof too. That doesn't mean it can't fly.

[–]effurface 0 points1 point ago

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This is true but if you push a guy off a roof and he doesn't start flying the reasonable conclusion would obviously be that he can fly he would prefer falling.

[–]justaguess 0 points1 point ago

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"As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly." -Arthur Carlson

[–]ilona12 0 points1 point ago

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Wait, we don't have burden of proof. I'm taking a Philosophy of Religion course and my professor says that the burden of proof is always on the theist.

[–]Rawrrrr- 0 points1 point ago

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We don't but they will always come back at you going you have no proof god isn't real, they are making the claim though not us so they have to show some proof.

[–]ilona12 1 point2 points ago

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Well, their comeback is false. The burden of proof is on them and until they come up with it, God isn't real.

[–]Rawrrrr- 1 point2 points ago

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I agree, but a lot of people even some here on r/atheism seem to think differently for some reason, but for me with no evidence at all god doesn't exist to me.

yea yea they say you cant 100% know but fuck you could say the same thing for anything.

[–]ilona12 1 point2 points ago

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Well, what I learned in my philosophy class is that "God" is logically possible but just as much logically possible as anything else that can't be proven. My professor also says that we take a lot of things for faith in science as well as religion, which is fine (I'd rather trust the scientists who gather evidence any day).The theists and atheists who claim that the burden of proof is on the atheists are wrong according to philosophy.

[–]Rawrrrr- 0 points1 point ago

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Difference with faith in science though is we have some basis for whatever these things are, i have faith there's other intelligent life in the universe based on the vast numbers of galaxies and stars etc, but faith in god relies on nothing at all.

[–]dumnezero 0 points1 point ago

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Bourbon of proof?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Feel the wind, look at the birds. Only a fool would assume that humans cant fly!

[–]angryfrankmartin 0 points1 point ago

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I've never really understood why people think the burden of proof lies with either atheists or believers. Isn't it obvious it belongs to whoever is trying to convince the other?

[–]RZA1M 0 points1 point ago

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OP you have the burden of spelling.

[–][deleted] -1 points0 points ago

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for some reason i read this as bullet proof shirt...

[–]tattluver -2 points-1 points ago

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FUCKIN EH!

[–]phliuy -3 points-2 points ago

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As a side note, I can't stand it when anyone says "burden of proof", or "onus". It just sounds douchey. Almost every time it's used, it's by someone who doesn't have any proof for their own argument, but are convinced they win the argument because you don't have any proof either.

[–]Rawrrrr- 0 points1 point ago

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On the subject of the god i don't see a problem using burden of proof, its such a crazy claim you cant expect anyone to take you seriously with no evidence at all.

Yes we don't have any evidence against it either but they are claiming something not me, i don't have any evidence fairies and unicorns aren't real but i'm pretty sure we all know they aren't. You cant prove something that's not real isn't real, but based on nothing at all to show otherwise its safe to say its not.