Attention Theists! Present your best argument for the existence of God!

[fr0d0]

What is it specifically about theism is it that makes sense to you as opposed to naturalism?

I'm generally for a pragmatically useful belief, so all good to you for finding something that's personally helpful, however I really doubt that you have attained some level of happiness (or increased the potential thereof) that can't be attained by non-theists.

I don't exactly see what you're getting at with love being an argument for God... Firstly, love is a phenomenon that is experienced the same in either worldview, it's only the mechanics of it that changes. Secondly, love does not always trump hate and negativity every time no matter how much you might want it to be that case. I know already that you're set on belief in a posthumous justice to resolve the imablances, is that what you're getting at?

Naturalism is neutral, where theism is a focus on the positive. I personally understand that to be a preferable outlook. In naturalism I'm subject to life wherever it may take me; where in theism I aspire to more. I choose to interpret natural as divine.

I can only relate my own experience where happiness in the two places is very different. I couldn't have achieved that in any other way I could imagine. The closest I could clone to my theism would still be a poorer copy of my theism. Your experience may be different. If that were indeed true, I'd expect it to be essentially the same. If there were a better way of attaining that I'd jump at it and abandon my current position. I don't see how anyone wouldn't.

Love in a naturalist worldview is limited to the personal, where in a theistic worldview it has to be external as well. The whole experience of life is related to an external force for good.

I just think that generally, love is the stronger force. Yes in the detail that's not true, but theoretically. Posthumous justice might explain any discrepancies in the detail.