Q&A: The Burden of Proof
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The Burden of Proof
Question
Who bears the burden of proof? The atheists or the theists? (And maybe the agnostics?)
Answer
That depends very much on the starting point. But simply speaking, it is on the theists, because they are the ones claiming that something exists.
Discussion on Answer
The burden of proof has no real meaning.
What is proven is proven; what is not proven is not proven. With a burden or without one.
And in proofs there are no sides. Otherwise it’s not a proof but sleight of hand.
But for someone who was born Haredi, then obviously the burden of proof is on the secular person who wants to say that it’s all nonsense.
Right?