Quote Originally Posted by WmAx
Disproof? This is not required. Formal logic dictates that you must prove something exists; not the other way. The easter bunny might be real; I mean a giant 200lb rabbit that delivers baskets with candy in them on Easter Day. Disprove my Easter Bunny.

Your intepretation. However, based on logic, his skepticism is warranted. Do you believe that people should start believing in everything without requiring proof? What if I claimed that a boogie monster lives under my bed who can materialilze at any time he wished. Disprove me. You can't. That's why logic dictates you must prove something is valid, not prove it's invalid.

How does this relate to the issue(s)?

-Chris
You are quite right, Chris.

Belief in something without proof requires faith. There's nothing wrong with having faith in something but it is just not logical to request other people to disprove your own faith.

That's why people who believe certain audio myths are equated with believing in the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, crop circles, talking to the dead, etc. All of these have a common thread and that is there is no proof of any of it so any belief in these sorts of things must be done on faith.

The fun begins when people with faith start to put forth specious arguements, psuedo-science, logic fallacies, personal experiences, etc. as "proof" of their faith.