Timeline for Atheism is the default position. Isn't the burden of proof on the Christian to assert that God exists? [closed]
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| Jun 8, 2023 at 22:43 | comment | added | ray grant | (OUR FATHER'S WORLD) The universe began with "in the beginning God." This is God's house. It is the atheist who has ran away from home, and it is he who is responsible to tell us why he ran. The other children at home wait for his answer. | |
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| Nov 21, 2014 at 0:26 | answer | added | Ben Miller | timeline score: 1 | |
| Nov 20, 2014 at 1:38 | history | edited | curiousdannii♦ |
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| S Jun 8, 2014 at 21:23 | history | notice added | El'endia Starman | Historical significance | |
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| Mar 5, 2013 at 19:01 | comment | added | aceinthehole | @barrycarter also, Occam was actually a theologian | |
| Mar 5, 2013 at 17:25 | comment | added | Alypius | @barrycarter many believe that Occam's Razor cuts in favor of God, not atheism. | |
| Dec 28, 2012 at 3:55 | comment | added | David Stratton | I addressed this in a different question and answer. christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/12354/… You are quite right that atheism is the default position (basic rules of "burden of proof") IF the Christian faith had to be proved. But there is an element of faith inherent in Christianity, and the real question is "is the faith reasonable? | |
| Oct 22, 2012 at 10:59 | history | edited | Caleb | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Tweaked wording to more clearly show how I think this is an on-topic question.
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| Feb 22, 2012 at 21:01 | answer | added | Jon Ericson | timeline score: 15 | |
| Feb 22, 2012 at 14:40 | answer | added | Adam Greene | timeline score: 0 | |
| Oct 10, 2011 at 5:31 | comment | added | user803 | I'm surprised no one's mentioned Occam's Razor, so I will. | |
| Oct 8, 2011 at 9:28 | comment | added | Caleb | @aceinthehole I think this question could use some editing love in order to not constantly attract answers from non-Christian perspectives. A little bit of careful wording in the question would make it a lot easier to enforce our policy about answers having to match the question. If you'd like I'd be to take a stab at this edit, or you can give it a shot. Does that make any sense? | |
| Sep 9, 2011 at 6:02 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackChristian/status/112043057288974336 | ||
| Sep 9, 2011 at 4:22 | comment | added | Kyralessa | I think the best answer to the question in the header was given by E. P. Sanders in his Jesus and Judaism. He deals with a similar quandary, about which position is the default position, and concludes: "...the burden of proof should always be on the one making an argument." | |
| Sep 8, 2011 at 18:31 | answer | added | Chelonian | timeline score: 6 | |
| Sep 8, 2011 at 9:47 | comment | added | Neil Meyer | I would like to add that this position is called the presumption of atheism. Further if you learn about philosophy in any western university they will eventually teach you to the fallacy called a appeal to ignorance. From Wikipedia -- Appeal to ignorance: > Argument from ignorance, also known as argumentum ad ignorantiam or "appeal to ignorance", is a fallacy in informal logic. It asserts that a proposition is true because it has not been proven false (or vice versa). This represents a type of false dichotomy in that it excludes a third opt | |
| Sep 8, 2011 at 0:01 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackChristian/status/111589844534300672 | ||
| Sep 2, 2011 at 6:41 | answer | added | vonjd | timeline score: -3 | |
| Sep 2, 2011 at 1:37 | comment | added | T.E.D. | Question doesn't really match the title. | |
| Sep 2, 2011 at 1:20 | history | edited | aceinthehole | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
adding some clarification to the question
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| Sep 1, 2011 at 13:46 | answer | added | Sklivvz | timeline score: 7 | |
| Sep 1, 2011 at 11:59 | answer | added | Ian | timeline score: 1 | |
| Aug 31, 2011 at 16:03 | answer | added | user304 | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 31, 2011 at 15:33 | answer | added | user175 | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 31, 2011 at 6:01 | answer | added | Marc Gravell | timeline score: 29 | |
| Aug 31, 2011 at 3:59 | answer | added | hammar | timeline score: 11 | |
| Aug 31, 2011 at 3:54 | comment | added | James Khoury | Maybe because its not Christians who need convincing that God does exist but rather Atheists? So when talking to an Atheist one would start at their position? | |
| Aug 31, 2011 at 3:36 | answer | added | user250 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Aug 27, 2011 at 17:58 | answer | added | Robert Haraway | timeline score: 2 | |
| Aug 25, 2011 at 6:00 | answer | added | Caleb | timeline score: 57 | |
| Aug 25, 2011 at 2:28 | answer | added | Mason Wheeler♦ | timeline score: 21 | |
| Aug 25, 2011 at 2:23 | history | edited | aceinthehole | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 25, 2011 at 1:57 | history | asked | aceinthehole | CC BY-SA 3.0 |