Why do Athiests require 'proof' that God exists?

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

There are some things we cannot prove.

Yep,heaps. So what ?

That means I say "I don't know" when I don't know.What I do NOT say is "I don't know,therefore God/aliens' That approach is called an 'argument from incredulity ' or 'god of the gaps', I guess understandable in neolithic man,but since the Greek thinkers of about 600 bce, such an attitude has indicated ignorance, a lazy mind or stupidity.



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Argument from incredulity/Lack of imagination

Arguments from incredulity take the form:

P is too incredible (or: I cannot imagine how P could possibly be true); therefore P must be false.
It is obvious that P is true (or: I cannot imagine how P could possibly be false); therefore P must be true.

These arguments are similar to arguments from ignorance in that they too ignore and do not properly eliminate the possibility that something can be both incredible and still be true, or appear to be obvious and yet still be false.