Comment: In other words, the responsibility of proving the accuracy of a statement falls on the person who makes it. If they are unable to provide adequate evidence, their claim should be considered baseless, and those who disagree with it do not have to provide additional arguments to refute it.Hitchens’s Razor: What can be asserted without evidence can also be dismissed without evidence.
Credit: Christopher Hitchens
Source: God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (Christopher Hitchens)
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