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> In this case god-hating atheists confirm the existence of god in the form of 'concept' you may say.

C'mon, no atheist is remotely claiming that God doesn't exist even as a concept. You can't possibly think this is what any atheist ever meant?

On the face of it it's almost impossible to claim that something doesn't exist as a concept, since making such a claim creates the concept. Some atheists might claim there are logical inconsistencies in the concept of God, but that's still different from claiming the concept doesn't exist.



> C'mon, no atheist is remotely claiming that God doesn't exist even as a concept. You can't possibly think this is what any atheist ever meant?

Personally I don’t care neither abou atheists nor about religious people in general.

I was just answering the question.


> I was just answering the question.

But you misinterpreted what "exists" means in this context.


And what does it mean exactly?


Existing in a more tangible sense, not existing as a concept.


Okay, and why exactly existing as a concept is less important for this argument?

Additional question — what religions do you know that explicitly state the existence of god in materialistic sense and not as a non tangible ideal (hence the word idea by the way)?

Please try to answer deeply and not just critisize me for hating atheists, I am not, I just point out very simple but overlooked details that are crucial for such discussions.




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