Strong and Weak Arguments

[Whateverist]

Of the arguments in favor of god belief:

I find arguments from the authority of the bible to be the most baseless, though the argument from design is a very close second.  This includes all the attempts at authenticating biblical events in history, the number of eyewitnesses to and the supposed miracles themselves.

I find arguments based on a person's belief that God is speaking to them through events and signs to be the most respectable, even if not at all persuasive to even one other person.  I happen to think apprehension of the presence of God is always an effect of mistaking what is inside for what is outside along with a tendency toward literalism.


Of the arguments against belief in a god:

I find appeals to reason to be the least persuasive.  Reason can not rule on the question of whether gods exist.  Reason can't even make clear what or where a god may be.  Reason doesn't rule out God belief.  Reason is a limited tool and misapplied here.

The best reason to dismiss the existence of gods is their alleged supernatural status.  There are no exemplars of supernatural 'things', not one instance to make such a claim appealing.  If gods be supernatural, then gods are not real.