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Someday doesn't speak of personal experience as a basis for convincing others. So far, so good imo. Instead he says atheists should produce something to convince the believer his/her experience is unreal. That's not so good imo.
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Please understand. I do not say you must
always prove the experience wrong.
I say I don't care if you believe me. We can live and let live, leave it at that right?
But hypothetically, if you choose to pursue further, insist that the believer is wrong, then the burden of proof shifts. You must now prove to me that I am wrong. I personally don't care if you believe me, but you would be trying to dissuade me from believing it. That requires proof.
There are rules of evidence. It always lays with the prosecution, not the defendant. That's all I'm saying. I don't require any proof from you either way. But in order to convince a believer they are wrong requires very strong proof that is more powerful than their own personal experience.
Blessings