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== Religion and God ==
== Religion and God ==
* Comprehensible God: extending from an arrogance in their own reason, atheists believe that if God exists, He and His works must be comprehensible. Therefore, they argue that God does not exist from paradoxes and such arguments as the [[Problem of Evil]], which God transcends.<ref>James Thrower, ''A Short History of Western Atheism,'' 33.</ref>
* Comprehensible God: extending from an arrogance in their own reason, atheists believe that if God exists, He and His works must be comprehensible. Therefore, they argue that God does not exist from paradoxes and such arguments as the [[Problem of Evil]], which God transcends.<ref>James Thrower, ''A Short History of Western Atheism,'' 33.</ref> See: [[Atheism and the problem of evil]]
* Disbelief from silence: atheists believe that God does not exist, merely because there is no ''absolute'' proof that he does exist, a [[logical fallacy]]. Atheists believe that science disproves God<ref>http://www.xenos.org/essays/humnsm.htm</ref> but have no actual evidence that this is the case.
* Disbelief from silence: atheists believe that God does not exist, merely because there is no ''absolute'' proof that he does exist, a [[logical fallacy]]. Atheists believe that science disproves God<ref>http://www.xenos.org/essays/humnsm.htm</ref> but have no actual evidence that this is the case.