Is my biology teacher dumb...

[T_Money]

okay so we had a review session for a bio test today and the teacher says, "A hypothesis can never be proven, it can only be not disproven. After it has been tested and shown to be correct 'over enough trials' then it becomes a theory. Theory's will only stand until they are disproven, and they will also never be proven."

So my question is this. Everytime someone says "prove god exists" and then someone else says "disprove he exists" most of the atheists say the burden is on the person to prove it. So what's up with this, apparently this is against the scientific method or something.

P.S. Yes I know this isn't even a "scientifically questionable" topic since the subject doesn't reside in the physical world.