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'''Strong atheism''' (sometimes referred to as "positive atheism") is the position that there is no [[God]] or [[other gods]], and that there is persuasive reason and/or evidence to support this conclusion.  It stands in contrast to [[weak atheism]].

'''Strong atheism''' (sometimes called "positive atheism") is atheism in which the believer claims he can prove there is no [[God]].  It is different from [[weak atheism]], in which the believer claims only that theists cannot prove their is a God, so the atheist is justified in not believing in God.

Arguments for strong atheism can be divided into the following categories:

Strong atheists use three types of arguments:

* Semantic apologetics: Asserting that the concepts underlying theism (e.g. "God") are meaningless, such that theism is meaningless, and therefore untrue.

* '''Semantic apologetics''': Arguing that religious language is meaningless, and therefore beliefs based on that language are not justified;

* Incoherency apologetics: Asserting that the attributes of God are logically incoherent and/or self-contradictory, such that a God with those characteristics is a logical impossibility, and therefore untrue.

* '''Incoherency apologetics''': Arguing that religious concepts are self-contradictory, and therefore cannot possibly be true;

* Materialist apologists: Asserting that because materialism is inherent to the human experience and theism contradicts materialism, it is untrue.

* '''Materialist apologists''': Arguing that because religion contradicts science, science must reject religion;

== Semantic apologetics ==

== Semantic apologetics ==