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When someone says "There is no god" they're idiots!

At that point it's up to then to prove that statement

When someone says "yes!!! A god does exist"

It's better to say "I don't believe, prove one exists"

Scott_Bohannon 5 Jan 5
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Is there a tooth fairy? Does the loch Ness monster exist? Sorry you can try and deflect all you want there is no God

lerlo Level 8 Jan 5, 2020
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But the lack of evidence to support there being any gods is, in itself, evidence that there are no gods. I wouldn't call anyone who makes that observation an idiot.

Deb57 Level 8 Jan 8, 2020
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This idiot does not believe there is a god. There is no evidence for any god. The unperciveable hidden gods are by definition not gods as no one can actually tells us about them as they can not be percieved, so they are a lie.

There is no god. If anyone does not agree then it is incumbant upon them to prove otherwise. There is no god is a response to a positive statement of gods said existence. The burden of proof is then on the person thst makes the claim.

There is a magical unicorn that live in my butt.
There is no magical unicorn.

Evidence is needed to be presented to prove the magical unicorn exist. Until such evidence is presented one can assert that it does not exist as you have pointed out.

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I always like to say, "I do not think there is because of, it hasn't approached me in reality to my physical being yet while being here 72 years, so i discard those belief thoughts as irrelevant....which started 50 years ago...

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No, it's better to say, 'You're an idiot! How do YOU know?!?'
Or smile and pat them on the head.
OR, you could say, 'Let's sit down and talk about it.'

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i disagree. i am certain enough that there are no gods to say so, although i have not taken out a billboard in times square and i don't declare it spontaneously. as it happens, i am also not an idiot. you think it is better to wait to be solicited and then ask for proof? but i don't want or need proof, because there is no more proof of a god than there is a god. and as it happens, i don't generally declare that there are no gods until i have been presented with some statement ABOUT a god (or about atheists), in which case i have already satisfied your requirements -- not that i am in any way obligated to satisfy your requirements. your statement that someone who makes the initial declaration is an idiot means it is up to you to prove your statement.

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The OP makes no sense. What syntax is being butchered here??

Explain yourself.

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Theists and atheists come from two different perspectives and you can't prove the absence of a god to theists using their perspectives and nor can you prove the presence of a god to an atheist using their perspectives. That is, from my experience, it is pointless to try and argue a theist into atheism. The only way I have seen the awakening after them having spent years of being brainwashed, is to teach them to think more clearly and critically so they can come to the conclusion on their own. That's where tertiary education plays a huge part. Otherwise, it seems to take some trauma to cause people to reexamine their belief system and then it seems it can go either way. Theist to atheist or atheist to theist. It certainly never happens by ridicule as then people dig in and shut down to your arguments.

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"There is no god" is a good enough wrap up for a short conversation. (Like I say, I am atheist when I don't want to explain much)

The complete statement would be something like...

"Non falsifiable concepts of divinity are useless and virtually equal to non existent divinity and there is no falsifiable concept of divinity with enough verifications to accept its validity. THUS the logical way of acting is as if divinities don't exist"
(This is the "I am agnostic or even Ignostic" answer)

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If you’re satisfied that god can be metaphorical as in he worships money, ok I get that. But if I’m virtuous first and foremost is that my god? Or if I’m basically easygoing, some might say lazy, is that my god? Then I would have to discount metaphorical gods. Everyone is a believer then, in something.

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it is the stronger philosophical position, and more apt.

I do not think that makes people idiots, just indoctrinated victims.

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I get your point. I think it's well made.

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Yes. I really do exist. people think my name is God, that's a part of the first error. But, Then most people wouldn't know that I have eaten a taco.

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