Does the claim "there is no God" require evidence/reasoning to support it?

[jkiernan56]

You are correct.

However; I would like to point out many people misuse the term “Atheist” to denote a person who is without God. This would be untrue. Atheism is the proposition that the universe is without God. Likewise; Theism is the proposition that the universe has God.

You used the correct definition; I was merely pointing this out incase a confused person wanders in and starts playing pettifogger.

I’m not sure yet you and I are on the same page when it comes to the definition of Atheism. You say Athiesm is the proposition that the universe is without God. For some that could seem to suggest that the possibility of God exists, but has left creation. The more common or classical understanding of “without God” suggests a divine being or entity does not exist and thus - without God.

 

[Michael_Francis]

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