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==Criticism==
 
==Criticism==
 
===Strong atheism is illogical===
 
===Strong atheism is illogical===
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Theists often point of that strong atheism is illogical, in that it claims to prove a universal negative.[[Image:Image-S070812.jpg|thumb|175px|right|[[D. James Kennedy]]]]
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Theists often point of that [[strong atheism]] is illogical, in that it claims to prove a universal negative.[[Image:Image-S070812.jpg|thumb|175px|right|[[D. James Kennedy]]]]
 
Dr. [[D. James Kennedy]] wrote the following regarding the illogicalness of atheism:
 
Dr. [[D. James Kennedy]] wrote the following regarding the illogicalness of atheism:
 
{{cquote|Atheism is what is called a "[[universal negative]]." One of the laws of logic is that you can't prove a universal negative....You would have to examine every part of the universe....
 
{{cquote|Atheism is what is called a "[[universal negative]]." One of the laws of logic is that you can't prove a universal negative....You would have to examine every part of the universe....
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This means that you would have to be [[omnipresent]]. You would also have to know everything about every part of the universe, so you would be [[omniscient]]. Then, just at the point when you proved that there was no God, you would also have proven that you were one.<ref>http://www.kennedycommentary.org/default.asp?pg=topicmessage&id=1419</ref>}}
 
This means that you would have to be [[omnipresent]]. You would also have to know everything about every part of the universe, so you would be [[omniscient]]. Then, just at the point when you proved that there was no God, you would also have proven that you were one.<ref>http://www.kennedycommentary.org/default.asp?pg=topicmessage&id=1419</ref>}}
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Strong atheists typically respond that their strong atheism is based on logical flaws inherent in the concept of God; thus, they argue, they don't have to ''see'' that God does not exist, because it is logically ''impossible'' for God to exist.
    
===Reason===
 
===Reason===
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