Arguments for God

Moshe takes up my challenge and offers the following arguments for the existence of God.

1. Why is there something rather than nothing.

2. How likely is it, through natural processes alone,that the belief in a creator deity who demands justice for the least among us, would arise among a small, formerly nomadic, people in the middle east, of no political importance, in the face of universal paganism, and capture the allegiance of the majority of mankind.

3. How likely is it , through natural processes alone, that this people would survive for 3000 years+, despite near constant persecution, and even attempts at extermination.

4. How likely is it, through natural processes alone, that this people could reestablish their political independence in its homeland after 2000 years of exile.

Okay, let's see.

1. Why is there something rather than nothing.
And if there was nothing, you would also complain! Badaboom. But seriously, what kind of argument is this? Why is there something rather than nothing? Because God did it. That makes no sense. Why is there God rather than no God?

2. How likely is it, through natural processes alone,that the belief in a creator deity who demands justice for the least among us, would arise among a small, formerly nomadic, people in the middle east, of no political importance, in the face of universal paganism, and capture the allegiance of the majority of mankind.

Err, very likely. In fact I guess a probability of 100%, since that's exactly what happened. Actually, that's not quite true, the Jews were originally monolators and henotheists. It's possible the original monotheistic idea came from elsewhere. Also, other religions had moral gods.

3. How likely is it , through natural processes alone, that this people would survive for 3000 years+, despite near constant persecution, and even attempts at extermination.

Err, very likely. In fact I guess a probability of 100%, since that's exactly what happened.

4. How likely is it, through natural processes alone, that this people could reestablish their political independence in its homeland after 2000 years of exile.

Err, very likely. In fact I guess a probability of 100%, since that's exactly what happened.

Try this one on for size (this is a real argument used by Christians):

How likely is it, through natural processes alone, that a seemingly illegitimate nobody from the Galillee could found the world's most popular religion?

Or maybe this one:

How likely is it, through natural processes alone, that a seemingly illiterate nobody could write the most beautiful book in the world AND found the world's 2nd most popular religion?