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Why do atheists always argue about the existence of suffering in the world as meaning God doesn't exist when it doesn't prove anything?

12.06.2025 12:18

Why do atheists always argue about the existence of suffering in the world as meaning God doesn't exist when it doesn't prove anything?

They bring up the argument because they find it convincing.

Question: Why do atheists always argue about the existence of suffering in the world as meaning God doesn't exist when it doesn't prove anything?

A rational person can easily refute a flat-earther argument that the surface of the Earth is not curved. For a flat-earther, however, his (or her) argument against a curved earth, is convincing.

Does having the wrong address on my car insurance invalidate my policy?

For some atheists, however, the argument is convincing.

Similarly, a religious person can easily refute the argument

Existence of evil => God doesn’t exist

Why does it matter so much to atheists that God doesn't exist?