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Originally Posted by Grizabella
If I claim that I have a cure for cancer, it's not everyone else's job to prove that it DOESN'T cure cancer - it's my job to prove that it DOES. Likewise, if someone claims that God is real, it's not other people's jobs to disprove it.
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But if someone challenges you and states that you haven't found a cure for cancer, I would think that if they're going to make THAT claim, it's their job to prove that it doesn't cure cancer.
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Originally Posted by Jack
It doesn't make sense as it's the side that is saying that something exists who need to provide the proof. The default position if you cannot prove something exists is disbelief. The only way to prove something does not exist is lack of proof that it does exist, it's is a logical paradox to say "prove this doesn't exist".
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Yeah. That's all true. Actually, it's one of the best counter-replies I think this thread has gotten.
But I don't think that just because God hasn't shown himself it means that he doesn't exist.
But that really was a great reply.