Whether or not there is a God is not a scientific matter, and trying to make it one is kinda useless. All science can tell us is there is no reason to think there is one, not a shred of reason. It's kind of like trying to use science to proves there are no unicorns. The fact that we cannot find one doesn't prove they don't exist -- excuses can be thought up -- but it is not a basis for belief.
The point is you can't prove a negative -- it is never possible to use science to prove something does not exist. People who base a belief in Gods and such on the fact that there is no proof they don't exist can only be pitied, as they are obviously entrapped by their childhood indoctrination.
That doesn't mean there is nothing we can do. Given a claimed God with this or that claimed property, such as infinite power or infinite beneficence, as we hear all the time, it is not difficult to point to things that demonstrate such claims are logically and necessarily false. The existence of suffering is an example, and there are many others. Here, again, all that can be offered are excuses, and this is not basis for belief.
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