Why do atheists always argue about the existence of suffering in the world as meaning God doesn't exist when it doesn't prove anything?

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Why do atheists always argue about the existence of suffering in the world as meaning God doesn't exist when it doesn't prove anything?

A rational person can easily refute a flat-earther argument that the surface of the Earth is not curved. For a flat-earther, however, his (or her) argument against a curved earth, is convincing.

Similarly, a religious person can easily refute the argument

For some atheists, however, the argument is convincing.

Imagine we could fly into space and take a selfie of our galaxy. This spacecraft made the most detailed map of the Milky Way ever - BBC Sky at Night Magazine

Question: Why do atheists always argue about the existence of suffering in the world as meaning God doesn't exist when it doesn't prove anything?

They bring up the argument because they find it convincing.

Existence of evil => God doesn’t exist

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