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Originally Posted by PyramidsofMars
There is no conclusive proof that there is no God. There are plenty of good philosophical arguments for atheism, but there are also decent arguments for believing in God.
I'm an atheist, but I'd never pretend that my position on the existence of a God was 'fact.' It's not fact. It's a belief, a faith.
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It is actually a requirement that fact be falsifiable (but not falisfied), which is why "there is no God" is true until proven otherwise, whereas "there is a God" is not true until proven otherwise, if there is no accepted possible test that might disprove the existance of that God.
There can never be conclusive proof that there is no God, but there could be conclusive proof that there is. Ironically, it is exactly this that makes "there is no God" a scientific fact (though not an absolute truth), and "there is a God" belief.
If you can tell me why God, in fact, could never be proven to exist, only then you can tell me that "there is no God" is a belief.