Agnostic and gnostic atheism aren't real positions. And literally every position has the burden of proof. There is no position which lacks the burden of proof.
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Replying to @deathpigeon
Uhhh... how are agnostic and gnostic atheism not real positions? And why does every position hold the burden of proof?
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Replying to @bAbAHAdAd
Because atheism and agnosticism are separate and distinct positions and the "agnostic/gonstic atheism/theism" thing is generally incoherent. Burden of proof falls upon anyone who takes a position to prove it. That's how burden of proof works.
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Replying to @deathpigeon
Onus probandi incumbit ei qui dicit, non ei qui negat. To state that one doesn't believe in divinity since there is insufficient proof of divinity is to proclaim atheism without any need to prove atheism is true.
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Replying to @bAbAHAdAd
To state that one doesn't believe in divinity because there is insufficient proof is accepting the burden of proof and making an argument for the position you're defending.
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Replying to @deathpigeon
What part of "non ei qui negat" don't you understand?
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Replying to @bAbAHAdAd
It's a legal standard which has nothing to do with philosophical arguments and both atheists and theists are affirming a position.
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Replying to @bAbAHAdAd
Ok, what's fascinating is that you appear to be doing what that link is calling a fallacy, that is denying that you have the burden of proof for your position. It's wrong for theists to argue that they don't have the burden of proof, but it's also wrong for atheists to do so.
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Replying to @deathpigeon
I have not denied that I have burden of proof for my position. I have denied that atheism necessitates a burden of proof since not all atheism necessarily rests upon the positive claim of the non-existence of divinity.
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I claim that rejection of divinity due to a lack of proof is not the same as claiming the non-existence of divinity yet it is atheism.
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