"Not only do those who claim the bible to be divinely inspired have a burden of proof, so do those who do NOT believe it to be so."
The logical fallacy here is that you cannot prove a negative. Some people believe that flying saucers from other planets have visited earth in the past. I disagree with this. Do I have to prove that there has NEVER been a flying saucer visiting earth? Do I have to prove that not even ONE has done this?
Do I have to prove that no flying saucer has EVER visited earth, including those who may have used technology unknown to us to hide themselves?
As you can see, proving a negative quickly gets absurd, and is impossible in many cases.
Rather, it makes more sense for the burden of proof to be on those claiming that flying saucers from other planets have visited earth.
Since I do not believe in the divine inspiration of any book, do I have to prove that the Bible, the Koran, the books of Vishua, and ALL holy books in the world are not inspired?
If I claimed that my personal diary was inspired by God, should you believe it? Do you have to prove me wrong? Or should you require that I prove it was written by God?
It makes more sense to require that those making a claim, especially a fantastic claim, provide the proof.
Richard