re burden of proof in r b hg aurora engr latech edu ray engr latech edu bill ray writes if i make a statement that god exists loves me etc but in no way insist that you believe it does that place a burden of proof upon me if you insist that god doesn t exist does that place a burden of proof upon you i give no proofs i only give testimony to my beliefs i will respond to proofs that you attempt to disprove my beliefs what is your reaction to people who claim they were abducted by space aliens some of these people say i was abducted experimented on etc if we insist that these aliens don t exist is the burden of proof placed on us these people can give no hard facts but can give a lot of testimony to back up their beliefs replace space aliens with elvis big foot blue unicorns and we have a larger percentage of the population than i like to think about sometimes i wonder if reality really is a different experience for everone
