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Originally Posted by GeneticKiss
Do you have any proof of the nonexistance of ghosts?
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Whoa there... Look, you can believe in whatever you want, it really doesn't bother me, but saying, "Well, prove to me that ghosts DON'T exist!" is not a defensible position. You can't really prove a negative. In fact, that's pretty much the foundation of our entire criminal court system. Murder trials don't lay the burden of proof at the feet of the defense. This statement is never made to the defendant, "Well... prove to us all that you DIDN'T kill those people!" Ya know? So you might as well be asking, "Do you have any proof that God DOESN'T exist?" or even, "Well, can you prove that a flying spaghetti monster DIDN'T create the whole universe???" No. No I can't.
EDIT: Sorry, Hevusa beat me to this point!