There is no god.
Prove me wrong.
I'll wait.

Unless and until there is credible and verifiable PROOF that any deity has
EVER existed, there is absolutely no rational reason for me to accept that
there "might be" one.

Show me proof and I'll change my position.

I agree with what @powder said, I am also quite comfortable in my idiocy.

I am so tired of all these circular arguments. I just say to believers....”Show me the evidence and I will agree that there’s a god, until then I’m an atheist!”

Semantics. "I don't believe in gods" = "There are no gods"

Absence of evidence IS evidence of absence! I rest my case.

I just posted this in another thread the other day but I'll repost it here since it applies:

If something can't be seen, touched tasted, smelled, heard, or confirmed on any level down to the microrcellular or even subatomic then for all intents and purposes, no, it does not exist. God, for example, meets all of that criteria.

God does not exist..

Prove me wrong.

Actually, I was once told by a professor, answer that question with, "If you want me to tell you if I believe if there is a God, first you tell me what you mean by God and then I will answer your question?" So far no one has come up with anything to talk about. If God can be defined then what one is talking about is not God. Now dog is a totally different matter.

I don't believe in an invisible being that resides somewhere beyond the clouds.

At age 13, I became an atheist when I realized the Bible is just a book of stories written by men. Like Grimm's Fairy Tales.

Let's not be so loose with the word "idiot."

zzzZZZ.... mmhh... I think I've heard something..... Naaahhh... back to sleep

Before you can argue if God exists, you must define God.

The sky is green, up is down, Trump is smart, the check is in the mail, I'll only put the head in. Lies are lies and idiots are idiots, choosing to respond at all is the question. Explaining to an idiot that they are an idiot is fruitless so unless you are trying to make a point to someone else in the room, just move on.

Anybody can say whatever they want. There’s no such thing as a burden of proof except in court.

A person’s opinions or beliefs about “God” are of no significance because nobody knows or understands what they are talking about. A serious searcher who wants to understand reality on a deep level will not be slapping on labels or talking about belief or disbelief. They’ll be engaged in study, meditation and contemplation. They’ll be enrapt in curiosity, awe and reverence. They will be disinterested in belief/disbelief, rituals, ceremonies, and dogmas, and that is whether the dogmas are those of the science establishment or of churches.

Sure. There are gods. But they are all myths. Prove me wrong. Start with the god Bastet.

There are no gods, they are all man made and thus fake.

I say there's no god or gods and I"m no idiot. I can say there are no fairies or unicorns either because there is not now nor has there ever been any evidence to support the claims of any of them. The default proposition in the absence of evidence is that the proposition is false so there I stand. It's not up to me to demonstrate the default, it's up to the one making the claim to prove it's valid. If you say you don't believe it, prove it exists, you're saying it's not there. Have the courage of your convictions.

You can't use logic against a faith based belief, as faith in itself is illogical. Even if you could prove there is no god, many wouldn't listen or understand.

I think it is a good strategy to keep the onus of proof on the theist. But I would not call the atheist who expresses his opinion an idiot. I might say "poor tactician" instead.

There's no proof of the existence of God but also there's no proof of the non-existence. I would go more for the second one but there's no guarantee it's the truth.

Perhaps just smile and go on your way.

Exactly correct!

But then the failure starts. They will simply say... "You must have faith!" or "You must believe!"

That's where they lost me years ago. I have learned only to have faith in those I trust... And even some of them I am starting to have doubts about.

You are exactly correct. It is the one making the claim who must provide the proof.

I looked for the proof for the existence of god, I studied and did extensive research and put it all in a box, and after days of contemplating, and evaluating the evidence that I had gathered, I came to realization that the only thing that really did exist was the empty box.

God of cats, god of fish, god of weather, god of the sea, god of the mountains, god of the sky, god of the
...........gawd.

You make me think you are a theist. What evidence do you have any god exist. Your evidence has to be objective, testable by anyone. Theist have failed to prove any evidence that a god is real. I don't believe any god exist. The bible is the claim, not the evidence.