I hear this line repeated all the time. Is almost like a mantra for some atheists. Hearing it many times does not make it a logical arguement. Also this statement doesnt address the real issue at all. Atheists will say that that we stop believing in these Gods and characters like Santa and the Easter bunny because of lack of evidence. So why not go one God further?
The reason we do not belive in Santa is not because of lack of evidence, but because there good evidence that no such person exists! There is no one who has a toy shop at the north pole and flying around on a sleigh on christmas eve. The same goes for the easter bunny, Zeus etc. There is good evidence that these Gods and characters do not exist.
In contrast to the Christian God, not only is there good evidence that God exists, but atheists cannot produce good evident that God does not exist. Im sure you will hear "you cannot prove a universal negative", or "you cannot prove the non existence of a thing"
You can prove the non existence of a thing such as Santa, the tea pot orbiting the earth, the flying spagetti moster and Zeus.
So when it comes to the claim "God does not exist" this holds a burden of proof that no atheist can bear. They should make more humble claims like that they are not convinced by the evidence or that they dont know if God exists.
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