IMO...Atheism has always existed...it just never required a 'label' to define it until god & religion were created to upset the balance.

Circular thinking and a not-very-bright person.

You are assuming that a god does exist, and you have yet to prove this god's existence, so until you do, this argument is null and void. Although, in a way, you are correct, if we knew for a fact that there was no god, there would no longer be a need for atheism...and there would also no loner be a need for theism.

A-theists do not exist because of god. A-theist exists because of a belief in god. Theism is a BELIEF in god, A-theism is a NON-BELIEF in god. There is no evidence, facts or data to support god(s) exist.

I would say that is a self-serving and circular argument. It predisposes that Atheism is some kind of “faith” or “religion”. It is nether. It is the absents of “faith”, “religion” or a “god”. It would exist if the fanciful belief in an imaginary friend existed or not. It just wouldn't be called Atheism it would just be called “normal”.

Prove it.

I would probably just blow them off and say" yeah, whatever". There is no discussion about it. If someone is so arrogant and closed minded to say something like this, they are not discussing, they are pronouncing.

Laugh

Because of unicorns we have candyfloss. Without uniforms we wouldn't have candyfloss.

You must be delusional, I exist without god.

Before you make your statement,you will first have to porove the existence of a God.

Belief does not equal existence. It's not the existence of god that created atheists, but the belief in god by some. Religious people are atheists about all others gods than the one they hold as "true". As others have said, it's best not to engage these folks. You are not going to change a deeply held belief with a smart reply.

This is why I have a problem with the term atheism. Without god or religion we would be just people. No labels just folks living our lives.

Can you spell idiot?

Without believers god would cease to exist. ?

I would respond...lets try the latter for a while and watch the world progress

Which god?

I'd say
Because of man, gods were invented/speculated.
If a god would definitively show it's self, then atheism would be decimated... (Except I'd have to put it simpler or go step by step through a bunch of arguments with them)

I wouldn't respond because who ever would make such a statement would be someone of such low intelligence that it would be a lesson in futility in responding.

The word maynot exist (we will have found another way to subdivide ourselves into groups) but I will still exist and so will science.

I would tell them "Because of GOD, YOU exist. Because of ME, I exist."

Without these pesky "gawds", atheism would be the norm!

My usual response to close minded people who want to change my mind: You might be right.
End of conversation.

Why the need to 'beat" them? That is how they believe. Leave them to it. We will all encounter the same end - we merely choose our path to get there.

If I bothered responding at all (someone who’d argue on that basis is too stupid to debate with), I would explain that their argument is ridiculous, being forever circular and impossible to resolve.