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Can atheists actually prove that there is no God?

I mean proof, with real hard logic. Not a drop of uncertainty. 2+2=4 logic.

We wouldn't want to make illogical leaps of faith like religious people, would we?

Update:

To religious people who wanna answer, are you able to do the reverse? I mean to prove that God is real.

Update 2:

To all atheists who say you can't prove a negative, then aren't you making a leap in faith by saying you're 100% sure of no God? The uncertainty remains no matter how small.

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  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Actually they can't prove anything.

    1. They can't prove evolution in the light of cell theory

    2. They can't prove there is no God.

    3. They can't prove there is a God.

    So in a nutshell, they can't prove anything.

  • 4 years ago

    There will always be things that don't exist to everyone, just as there will always be things that do.

    The difference being in your own experience of them, or lack thereof.

  • 4 years ago

    We know that there has never been a god seen by anyone If there was a god, that entity would be known all over earth by everyone. But there has never been anything or entity that has claimed to have made the universe either.

  • Joe
    Lv 6
    4 years ago

    If anyone can prove unicorns are not real, I am happy to use their methodology to prove gods are not real.

    Everything we know to be real is supported by evidence. Nothing we know to be real was caused by magic. There is no objective evidence of gods and no reason for there to be gods beyond the craving of early uneducated people to find answers to things they didn't understand.

    We have a well established religion industry whose wealth and power relies on maintaining the delusion while we have millions of people brainwashed from birth into religious belief and constantly reinforcing that brainwashing through the rituals and 'collective worship'. These are a way of 'norming' beliefs through ritual and peer pressure to prevent independent thinking. Their fear of abandoning their comfort blanket of religious belief and its associated social identity is more than most people can bear. They will defend their make-believe god and the associated dogma because they are too weak to accept the reality.

    With that in mind, I can understand why they would claim one or more gods are real. They are emotionally anchored to the idea. They are addicted to it. No dishonesty is too great if it feeds their addiction. This is how it is for all addicts.

    We do not need gods to live good and moral lives. Religious dogma is not morality. Morality is rational. Gods are neither needed nor apparent.

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  • ?
    Lv 6
    4 years ago

    No, Atheists cannot do such a thing & they never will be able to do such a thing. The existence, & supposed nonexistence, of God is something that cannot be perceived with the five physical senses, thus, if one believes in God this is, He must be accepted by faith.

    One can argue for the existence of God & one can argue for the supposed nonexistence of God by using metaphysics, as metaphysics, not science, is the field in which studies the existence, & supposed nonexistence, of God, but metaphysics wouldn't get an Atheist anywhere as metaphysics pretty much rules in favour of Theism, thus proving that God exists.

    Source(s): I'm a proud and devout Christian
  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    This guy on youtube below has been challenging atheists for years. He has defeated Richard Dawkins, Hitchens when he was alive, The atheist experience show, the #1 most subbed atheist on youtube. He used to be an atheist but now admits atheists are full of crap and he is hilarious in his videos. Check him out at

  • 4 years ago

    Can you prove that a giant invisible dragon doesn't exist? It's the same thing.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    4 years ago

    There is no evidence for gods, or giant yellow teapots orbiting Jupiter

  • 4 years ago

    God's existence cannot be disproved by anyone who refuses to "think outside the box." And for those that can, God becomes incredibly REAL.

  • 4 years ago

    It's impossible to prove a negative. They can no more prove that God does not exist than believers can prove that he does. The whole thing has to be taken on faith.

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