Strong atheism makes the explicit claim that no gods exist and that there are ways or reasoning that support their contention.
Strong atheism (sometimes called "positive atheism"), an type of atheism, is the absolute doctrine that God does not exist. It is different from weak atheism, in which the atheist claims only that evidence against the existence of God is stronger than evidence for His existence. Strong atheists use three types of arguments:
Strong atheism makes the explicit claim that no gods exist and that there are ways or reasoning that support their contention.
Strong atheism (sometimes called "positive atheism"), an type of atheism, is the absolute doctrine that God does not exist. It is different from weak atheism, in which the atheist claims only that evidence against the existence of God is stronger than evidence for His existence. Strong atheists use three types of arguments:
* Semantic apologetics: Arguing that religious language is meaningless, and therefore beliefs based on that language are not justified;
* Incoherency apologetics: Arguing that religious concepts are self-contradictory, and therefore cannot possibly be true;
* Materialist apologetics: Arguing that because religion contradicts science, science must reject religion;