Riddle?

[BBG]

The maternal unit likes to riddle me with: How can an atheist exist if there is no god?

Can someone untwist that enough to help with a cogent response? I always get twisted up on the illogic of the query and sputter off about how nonsensical it is.

[angstlessk]

1. Because mommy and daddy had sex?

Now IF sex is god...that could be a conundrum?

[Cartoonist]

2. The ID fallacy

How can there be a god if there is no god creator? Ad infinitum.

[Ohiya]

3. Pshaw...

That's a meaningless question. Why can't an atheist exist without god?

If god existed, would he cease to exist if there were no believers?

[BBG]

11. Existence of atheists proves one thing

That there are still unenlightened people arguing for the existence of their own god entity.

[Angry Dragon]

4. proof of existence does not prove there is a god

if there is one god does that prove millions of gods??
does it prove that your god is the creator??

[procon]

5. Atheists have nothing to do with any gods; that's the whole point after all. nt

[Binkie The Clown]

6. That's not a "riddle" to be answered. It's a riddle to be laughed at.

Ask her how can a Christian exist if there is no Odin? Makes as much sense, which is to say, none at all.

[BBG]

10. Oh yeah, laughter

That was the first response but then I always got stuck on explaining what was so funny.

[defacto7]

7. It's not a question of atheists

it's about the argument. If the argument exists then a term for those who take a side in the argument can exist. If there is no argument over the existance of a deity then atheists would not exist because theists and atheists would not be necessary terms.
The term will always exist as long as the argument of a deity's existance is part of human history.

[BBG]

8. Bingo!

The atheism only defines where I exist in relation to the surreality of belief in a god entity. Thanks, this is the best answer to aid me in responding to the silly riddle.

[shadowmayor]

9. Or flip it back

How can there be a god if there be atheists?

[BBG]

12. I kinda like that

flip the script and all that.

[GeorgeGist]

13. How can a theist exist if there is no atheist?

[Mr.Bill]

14. My answer to believers when they ask me this is

I don't know. And neither do you, the Pope, Billy Graham or anyone else.

The difference between you and me is I am content with that, and you are in a lifelong quest for the answer.

[defacto7]

15. It sort of reminds me of the idea of Ignosticism.

How can there be an argument about the existance of a god if the term "god" is not defined unambiguously? Therefore, how can I be non anything that has no definition? Maybe I'm adefinitionlessideologies. It's only an argument about a concept with named characters. You can do the same in theoretical physics.

[trotsky]

16. How can a Christian exist if Allah is the real god?

Etc.

[Iggo]

17. That's nonsense.

There.

I untwisted it for you.

[Cuthbert Allgood]

18. Ask is she believes in Thor.

When the answer is no, tell her that, by her logic, that proves that Thor exists.

[Freelancer]

19. Atheist isn't a species or a religion. It's just a current status...

My current status is atheist-adjacent-agnostic. Anytime God decides to switch off his cloaking device, or we find a haiku written in turtle DNA, my status is open to change. You could tell her something like that. She might find that angle tolerable. She just needs to know she created a discerning individual, not a damaged one.

[DetlefK]

20. How can cookies exist if there are kids running around?

Kids eat cookies.
Therefore, if there are kids, there can be no cookies.

I have just disproven the existence of cookies.

[A HERETIC I AM]

23. HEY!

Motherfu.......GOD DAMMIT!

I like cookies.

[DetlefK]

21. The MATERNAL UNIT is asking you where babies come from?

[BBG]

22. No, thats not it