Apprentice Owl Apologetics

                When I’m browsing around online, I always see a meme or two in my facebook feed that say that the burden of proof is on the theist to prove the existence of God and that atheism is the default position that we have from birth. Now are both of these tenants true? What I would like to do here is to posit that the burden of proof is in fact on both the theist and the atheist, because we both make positive statements on the existence or lack of existence of a God or gods.                 So first off, what is a definition of the burden of proof? A quick search yields the definition of “the obligation to prove one’s assertion”. So does the theist have a burden of proof by asserting God exists? Definitely. Does the atheist have a burden of proof by asserting that God or gods do not exist? Absolutely! Both the atheist and the theist is making a positive claim on the existence or non-existence of God. If we were to claim a true neutral position in this spectrum, I would say

                Good morning. If you thought getting up to preach was intimidating. Try getting up to preach on Mother’s Day, with your mother present to listen to you. To all the mothers present today. Thank you so much for bringing us into this world and for raising us. What I would like to do today is to explore a famous passage in scripture that describes a godly woman and mother. Proverbs 31 is the last chapter of the book of proverbs, and speaks about a mother, woman, and wife of noble character. The first 9 verses of the chapter. “The saying of King Lemuel-and oracle his mother taught him: “O my son, O son of my womb, O son of my vows, do not spend your strength on women, your vigor on those who ruin kings. It is not for kings, O Lemuel- not for kings to drink wine, not for rulers to crave beer, lest they drink and forget what the law decrees, and deprive all the oppressed of their rights. Give beer to those who are perishing, wine to those who are in anguish: let them drin