My next article in the series focusses on the burden of proof issue, which is what your article takes up. I notice that you ignore my article in your comment or haven't read it, and just used the occasion to post a link to your article. That's bad form and not terribly philosophical.

In any case, the atheist does usually support his position by criticizing theistic arguments and showing that they usually fail to convince those that haven't been indoctrinated into a theistic religion from a young age.