I have pointed out before (then using the example of the universe as god for pantheists)<\/a>, unless one defines clearly what one means by \u201cgod,\u201d then one cannot make sweeping statements such as that \u201cthere is no god of any sort.\u201d<\/p>\nOr at least, one can make them, but they are easy to rebut.<\/p>\n
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Atheism is easy to disprove. Watch: Cats exist Ancient Egyptians (as well as some current cat owners) worship cats as gods Therefore, gods exist Therefore, atheism is false I am being somewhat flippant, but as I have pointed out before (then using the example of the universe as god for pantheists), unless one defines clearly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":33106,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[127],"tags":[870,1651,2985,3253,4029,9623],"class_list":["post-32997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-atheism-religion","tag-atheism-religion","tag-cats","tag-egyptian","tag-existence","tag-gods","tag-proof"],"yoast_head":"\n
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