But why is there any burden on atheists to prove that God does not exist?
Well, because you are the ones making the claim that God Does Not Exist. Not may not, not god is unlikely, not god doesn’t really make a lot of sense. You are taking the bold step of saying that you CAN prove a negative and God absolutely positively DOES NOT EXIST.
Even if every religion on earth is wrong, Science can only really support agnosticism. If you said ‘there’s no evidence of god, and science remains agnostic on the subject til some turns up, anyway let’s change the subject from something we can never prove and talk about these molecules!’
But that’s not what you say. you say ‘god absolutely doesn’t exist and you people are hanging out with an invisible friend, god you’re stupid.’ If you were less obnoxious about proselytizing your faith you’d get less static about it.
