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?

Last Updated: 02.07.2025 04:08

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?

Existence of evil => God doesn’t exist

They bring up the argument because they find it convincing.

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.

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Similarly, a religious person can easily refute the argument

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?

For some atheists, however, the argument is convincing.

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