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George H. Smith Quotes: Atheism is the absence of a belief in a god, nothing more. If the theist wishes to draw monumental implications from this lack of belief, he must argue for his claims.
         

Atheism is the absence of a belief in a god, nothing more. If the theist wishes to draw monumental implications from this lack of belief, he must argue for his claims.


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[A]ny being with the supposed capacity to create the logically impossible must himself be logically impossible.



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