Atheists: What's the best argument for the existence of God?

Question

in your opinion.

Answer 1

As far as the "Christian" god goes, I don't know that there is one.

Answer 2

Hmm. Good question!

I suppose the best arguments I've heard are the ones where "God" is defined as something so vague, it sounds like something just about all of us would believe in the existence of, like "God is Love". Of course, such arguments suffer the problem of being so vague that the definition is pretty useless.

Similarly, there are the arguments along the lines of "God is so beyond our understanding that we only understand him at a level of 5, whie the scale in fact goes to a billion." So any sort of laws of logic, specific dogma, or personification are just way out of league. It's like the Hindu story about the three blind men and the elephant. But again, I see this coming back to the question of "OK, I suppose. But can't I just carry on with my life without pondering the notion every day?"

Answer 3

Tough one, kinda fun to look at it from the other side though.

I guess it would have to be the existence of life and the mathematical odds that are required in order for all the laws of physics to come together in such a way that enables the existence of human beings. It seems too far fetched to be an accident, assuming this is the only universe.

If there are many universes with differing physical laws (bubble universe theory) then life has an infinitely greater odds at being random.

Answer 4

The best argument as far as I can tell is that since belief in God is based on faith, no evidence or proof is neccessary. That's what faith IS. A belief in a thing without any compelling evidence.
Since there is no evidence or 'proof' for His existance that cannot be explained by other means, faith is going to have to do until and if something better comes along.

Answer 5

Why are there so many Christians answering this question? Don't they bother to read?

I'm trying to think of a good answer to your question. I spent so many years examining the question from all angles that I've already cut down everything my brain's been able to come up with....

When people work together for something they can work miracles. I'm thinking of MLK Jr and Abraham Heschel and a thousand other people 'praying with their feet' in Selma.

If there is a 'God', it's in the unity of people working in harmony and respect for each other and our natural world.

Answer 6

I suppose the fine tuning of the universe is the only one that impresses me. However, it does not impress me enough. It's kind'a like people a 1,000 years ago looking at birds fly and thinking it's magic. I suspect that science will work this one out in due time.

Answer 7

I don't think that any arguments for the existence of god are worth mentioning.

I do think, on the other hand, that belief in god based on pure faith is a perfectly decent position.

It's not very attractive to most believers though for the simple reason that it does nothing to support religious political agendae. Faith is personal: if it's your reason for belief, you don't get to say "everyone who disagrees with me is a fool" or "this country is based on my moral intuitions". The religious/political right in the United States has almost completely eliminated the role of faith in religion, simply because faith-based religion is not an effective political tool.
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I see that Farien (below) gets it, though. That's a rare and much appreciated response.

Answer 8

The best argument is that so many people naturally want to believe in one, so it stands to reason that we have some innate sense that there is something greater than ourselves.

(Unfortunately that does nothing to support the argument that any of the ridiculous religions out there today have a proper understanding of this supposed god. In fact, it does more to prove that they are all completely wrong.)

Answer 9

I think for many atheists the only proof will be God appearing in the sky or something.

Actually, even though I think He is there, I know there is no proof. The sky appearance would be proof for me too.

Answer 10

Define God.

Answer 11

None at all, because we have evidence for evolution and we also have evidence on the evolution of religion. So since we cannot accurate label the idea of a god we cannot do anything except look at the evidence and realize that it was purely man made.