At 07:36 AM 12/24/2004, you wrote:No. You made a positive and unqualified assertion of their non-existence. It is up to you to provide evidence for your assertion. If someone else makes a similar assertion of their existence, it is up to them to provide evidence for their assertion. If there is no convincing evidence either way, as is likely in this case, the only safe scholarly conclusion is to say that we can't be sure.
On 24/12/2004 12:20, Jim West wrote:
Do you have any evidence for any of these people being fictional, to support your unqualified assertion? Lack of evidence for them being historical is not accepted, as lack of evidence is never proof of non-existence.
I dont have to prove they exist. The person who does believe they exist bears the burden of proof.
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