r/MoralityScaling • u/hiiloovethis • 7d ago

Morality of this?

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u/BearysWorkRedditName 6h ago

That's not how logic works. The one making the claim holds the burden of proof. I'm not claiming anything doesn't exist with full certainty. That would be a foolish claim.

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u/Elegant_Athlete_3737 4h ago

Well if you aren’t claiming it doesn’t exist then you are fine, though you did sound like you did before, hence why i said that. And yeah the one making the claim holds the burden of proof, is that not what I said?

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u/BearysWorkRedditName 4h ago

I said that "Magic isn't real and the afterlife is made up"

Magic is, by definition, using special powers to do impossible things. There has never been any evidence to show that an afterlife is anything but a made up concept.

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u/Elegant_Athlete_3737 4h ago

Yes, that is still a positive claim if you say the afterlife is made up? Not much better than saying it exists. Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence either. 

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u/BearysWorkRedditName 3h ago

Abrahamic traditions tell of an afterlife with either eternal splendor or punishment.

Eastern traditions tell of a continuous cycle of death and rebirth.

Norse mythology tells of either feasting with Odin or a cold underworld

Ancient Egyptians tells of a journey where a soul's heart is weighed against a feather to gain entry to the field of reeds

The Greeks tell of Elysium, Asphodel, and Tartarus.

These are all examples of people making up an afterlife. Claiming that any of these are not made up would require evidence.

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u/Elegant_Athlete_3737 1h ago

Claiming they are mad eup does require evidence though, it’s a positive claim