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[Urist is dead tome]

But how can you prove their is no G-d? How would you go about doing that?

[Leafsnail]

That would be why I'm not "strong".

But you can easily not believe in them due to lack of evidence.  Which would make you a weak, explicit atheist.

[Urist is dead tome]

Exactly. Frankly, I can't use science to prove my point.... But neither can I be proved wrong.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

But how can you prove their is no G-d? How would you go about doing that?

Here's the thing: You can't. It requires infinite knowlage to disprove god, because the beliefs and requirements of god can be changed at will by those promoting him, but we can't have the infinite knowlage required to disprove all possible claims of god. You Can't Prove A Negative.

I can argue with believers in a god untill they've been forced out of human knowlage, but then there's nothing to do. They'll keep arguing in favor of their god from things that humans do not know, and may never. These claims are both unfalsifiable and unverifiable, so they don't matter in terms of our reality.

In addition, I don't have to prove there's no god. If I claimed that invisible, undetectable rats were preparing to knaw on your toes once you go to sleep, would you believe me on principle? No, of course not, and no one would ask you to. I'd have to prove that the ghost rats are stalking you, and in the same vein, believers in a god must prove his existance before we accept it as real, not the other way around. The burden of proof is on theists, not atheists.

[Urist is dead tome]

Well I do know the burden of proof is on theists. But the only proof theists have is answered prayers, but if those were used as proof they would probably be be laughed out of town. So I think that being a rabid atheist is ridiculous because they claim to have facts, those facts say that there is no G-d. If there is nothing than how could it be a fact since a fact is a noun and therefore must be something.

[Leafsnail]

Well, we have actually have empirical research showing that prayers don't work.  And... I'm not sure what your other sentence means.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

When did strong atheist become "rabid"? I don't claim to have the non-existance of gods as a fact, but the fact of the matter is that theists have failed to bring evidence for their claims to the point where I can no longer suspend my doubt on the subject.

If there is nothing than how could it be a fact since a fact is a noun and therefore must be something.

...what?

[Urist is dead tome]

That crap about the nouns was some crap I made up when I couldn't sleep.

[FuzzyZergling]

According to wikipedia, I am an explicit strong atheist. I don't think I'm rabid, but I could be wrong.

[Urist is dead tome]

When I meant rabid I meant waking youtube videos for their cause, saying there is no G-d EVERY SINGLE TIME someone mentions religion. This form of atheist often starts fights over the internet. As an example Shrugging Khan is very good.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

There's nothing wrong with making a video to defend your position.

[Leafsnail]

When I meant rabid I meant waking youtube videos for their cause, saying there is no G-d EVERY SINGLE TIME someone mentions religion. This form of atheist often starts fights over the internet. As an example Shrugging Khan is very good.

I dunno, QualiaSoup makes videos about it, and he's not particularly rabid.

[Urist is dead tome]

If it's a rant or they resort to loud shouting. I guess.

[Shades]

But how can you prove their is no G-d? How would you go about doing that?

The same way you 'prove' there is no santa, no flying spaghetti monster (wikipeida), no invisible pink unicorn (wikipeida) and no celestial teapot

[Urist is dead tome]

But this is more complicated than that. No one prays to Santa Claus.