Who has the burden of proof?

[Willamena]

Okay let's try this one, which bit of this don't you like?-

The costumes, and the fact that they chose a Causasian actor.

 

[pearl]

The way I see it the one making the claim has the burden of proof. So if a theist makes the claim that God exists, the burden of proof is on them to support that proposition.

However the proposition that no God exists (which I think goes beyond disbelief until proportional evidence to the claim is given) also seems like a positive claim as well and needs justification/proof too even though the claim is negative.

So who has the burden of proof, one or the other, both, neither?

After all is said and done proof is moot, as it does not exist in support of either position, although the attempt makes for an interesting exercise in futility.

 

[JerryL]

Proof doesn't go with the claim. Proof goes with the *positive* claim.