To assert the absence of God requires the same burden of proof. To leave the matter open for consideration is the burden of science. Judge Jones thinks that burden is too heavy, so he prefers, along with others, to be a dogmatician.
"To assert the absence of God requires the same burden of proof."
And science does not actually do that; it merely ignores the issue entirely, as no one has managed to come up with a falsifiable test for the presence of God.
So, the burden of proof is on you. Please provide your falsifiable test.