[quote][quote][quote]This is not a tenet of atheism; there are no tenets of atheism. Atheism says nothing about the origin of the universe.Will an atheist likely say the universe formed without intervention from a deity? Yes. But that doesn't mean the same thing.Don't conflate the two.[/quote] [quote]a·the·ism[ˈāTHēˌizəm]NOUNdisbelief or lack of belief in the existence of God or gods.[/quote] Atheism is the lack of belief in the existence of a God[/quote]. The end. Period. That's all it is. It is not more complex than this. Anything else you associate with this is pure speculation. [quote]and the belief in God is pretty much always associated with the creation on the universe. So unless an atheist doesn't believe the universe exists, they have to have some other explanation for how the universe formed. For example, someone can say "I'm an atheist, God does not exist." And if someone counters with "Well how did this, this, and this occur if not for a God?" Then the atheist has to have an explanation for those things otherwise that's like saying "I claim the moon isn't real, I can't explain that thing in the sky every night but I don't have to."[/quote]That's just what those people think. Atheism does not dictate their beliefs because atheism makes no claims. That's like saying that 2+2=4, but then asking why 4 is an unlucky number in Chinese culture. Math makes no claims about what the Chinese think about the number 4.[/quote] Of course the concept of atheism itself makes no claims, but the atheists themselves have a lot of explaining to do on the subjects they claim had nothing to do with a deity. The OP may not have been worded very well asking to "prove atheism" which cannot be done, but it's not hard to see what he meant.