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Why Christians Aren’t the Only People Who Shoulder a Burden of Proof (Video)
In this video from a message delivered at Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, J. Warner Wallace addresses a common challenge for Christian believers: Since we are the ones who claim that God exists, are we the only ones who shoulder the burden of proof? If everyone who makes a claim must then defend their claim with evidence, does this mean that people who don’t believe in God have no burden of proof?
Are Theists the Only People Who Have the “Burden of Proof”?
The nature of the questions (and the limited categories of potential answers) ought to motivate all of us to decide which of the two explanatory possibilities is most reasonable. While atheists are sometimes un-persuaded by the arguments for God’s existence, they are still woefully unable to provide coherent and adequate answers to the most important questions of life related to the cause of the universe, the appearance of design, the origin of life, the reality of human free will and the existence of transcendent moral truth. Theists aren’t the only ones who have to answer these questions. If naturalism is true, naturalists have their own unique burden of proof.
1. What do people mean when they talk about the “burden of proof”?
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2. Why do skeptics think that Christians are the only people who shoulder the burden of proof?
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3. What features of the universe are both believers and non-believers trying to explain?
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4. What kinds of causal forces are available to atheists to explain the features of the universe?
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5. Why, then, do skeptics share the burden of proof?
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