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The point was raised in HM Rob's thread, in a strange manner that didn't work so well.
So here's a direct question for the atheists of Secular Sevens; what would it take for you to become a Christian?
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Anti-theism bears a burden of proof because it claims that no gods exist. Atheism does not claim this. Atheism is the position that theism has not met it's burden of proof so we do not believe the claims. You don't need to prove that you don't believe in something.
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that's just a cop-out. anti-theists and atheists both said prove it. for a while, the only proof was the Christian bible/Qur'an/Tanakh. then one day, physical proof was found. the theists said, here's your proof. you said He doesn't exist, well He did. now the anti-theists/atheists say, that's not proof enough. now prove His acts to be true. the problem is that unless he comes back from the dead, this can't be done. so anti-theists/atheists have created a cycle where there will never be enough proof. miracles and karma, which to believers is God at work, is discounted as happenstance by anti-theists/atheists. no matter how many miracles, no matter where or when Christ's face appears (i'll admit some of those images seem crazy), anti-theists/atheists will never be satisfied with any proof provided short of Christ himself coming before them. there was a neat story told about a local doctor where i live. this doctor was an atheist like yourself. he believed he knew it all. well, one day he was in an accident and wound up in a coma. in this coma, he saw a beautiful woman riding an eagle. he'd never seen this woman before in his life. as he rode with her , he spontaneously recognized her. when he awoke from his coma, he said this woman who came to him in his dream was his sister. upon further investigation, he found out that he had a sister that was separated from him not long after his birth, yet he knew what she looked like as an adult. in the end he met her, happy ending, etc. this moment in his life turned him from atheism to Christianity, but unless this happens to every atheis/anti-theist, then there will never be enough proof.
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