Counter-Apologetics Series Part 1: Introduction, Burden of Proof, Scales of Evidence, and Absence of Evidence | An American Atheist

Historically, apologetics has come to mean a defense of religion, or arguments for the existence of God. The big question for why one is an atheist is, why don’t you believe in God? And, of course, the proper question is not why one does not believe but rather: why does one believe in God? This seems unfair to some religious people — why do we have to defend our claim? You are the atheists trying to bother everyone and tell them what to think! That is not how claims work. The one making the claim must prove it so this series seeks to shed light on each of the defenses of the claim of God’s existence. Apologetics attempts to answer this question. Whether or not there is evidence for God is a separate issue,,,

Absence of evidence does not prove that a thing does not exist.

Counter-Apologetics Series Part 1: Introduction, Burden of Proof, Scales of Evidence, and Absence of Evidence | An American Atheist