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The burden of proof gambit bears the distinct aroma of an avoidance mechanism. I think it is fair to say, though, that theists have been quite willing to pick up the gauntlet.

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Strange this... I feel that religion is an avoidance mechanism. The truth of the human condition is not pretty. The only things that theist are hiding behind is, always, belief (aka a suspension of reason).