The burden of proof lies with the party asserting a claim

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Parent debateThis argument is used in the debate Does God exist?.
Argument againstThis argument is an objection to Nothing proves the non-existence of God.
Keywords: God, Proof[ edit ].

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“It will be objected that there's no more proof that God doesn't exist. I readily admit this. However, this is less embarrassing for atheism than for religion. [...] the burden of proof, as they say, lies with the one who asserts”

André Comte-Sponville, The spirit of atheism, Albin Michel, 2006.

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