• EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted
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    1 year ago

    I…don’t need to fight you. It’s not about burden of proof; it’s about the definition of the word. Atheism is—as we agree—merely a yes/no classification of the belief in a deity; it is not a belief system in itself. As such, someone can be an atheist while still having a religion, which is a belief system, one that may or may not involve a deity.

    Burden of proof only applies if one is making a claim in an objective context, not when one is making a claim in a subjective context.

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      1 year ago

      Also worth noting that the onus of proving a claim lies with whoever does claim a thing. It is always more difficult to prove a negative and nobody just assumes everything that hasn’t been specifically debunked. Hilariously wrongheaded of them.