Existence of God - Arguments Against The Existence of God

Arguments Against The Existence of God

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Each of the following arguments aims at showing either that a particular subset of gods do not exist (by showing them as inherently meaningless, contradictory, or at odds with known scientific or historical facts) or that there is insufficient reason to believe in them. Some of these arguments suggest that there is evidence of absence of a god.

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