re burden of proof hamilton hydra cs gmr com bill hamilton writes cfaehl vesta unm edu chris faehl writes ray engr latech edu bill ray writes note followups go to alt atheism talk religion misc talk origins deleted more deleted if you say x statement and give it the authority of fact i will respond by asking you why you aren t obligated to say anything but if your intent is to convince me that x statement is true then yes the burden of proof is upon you some interesting stuff on the lines of the burden of proof belongs to god if you are merely giving testimony to your beliefs then you are an egotist please excuse me if i missed an earlier part of this thread in which bill came across like an egotist what i saw was simply obedience to the scriptural command to always be ready to give a reason for the joy that is in you the remainder of my article deleted stated why one would be an egotist to believe that someone cared about what bill r thought he needed to say about god whether they did or not is irrelevant jumping on your trailer always be ready etc then that goes right back to the burden of proof question go ahead and give me a reason why you think god exists if you state such a thing bill hamilton chris faehl cfaehl vesta unm edu
