Atheists, what do you believe is the best argument for the existence of a deity?

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I would call that misplaced faith. Belief is based on false premise in those cases.

So what belief wouldn't you consider faith? It seems to me that you're just using belief and faith as synonyms... What is the difference?

hmm yeah doesn't seem clear. Misplaced trust perhaps, leading to faith held on false premise. Howzat?

I believe though faith. Faith built on trust. yadayadayada...

Frankly I couldn't care less, it has nothing to do with an argument for the truth of the claim

The truth for me is in the validity of any premise. Productivity, the result of positivity trumps everything. Even though everything might be drawn to neutrality.

How exactly is your belief in God 'productive'?

If it's positive then positivity usually produces rather than destroys.

Would you say that people who pray to be healed are more likely to be healed?

You cannot know what the answer would be, so to assume a "yes" answer would be to assume that God would always want to heal, when we can clearly prove that he does not.

You consistently raise this "material POV' line, what exactly is it you mean by this?

Our modern [material] worldview is informed by science, I would suggest, as we are saturated with scientific knowledge > that directs our thinking in that direction. This is a relatively recent occurance, where the primary language of the metaphysical references we refer to are authored by cultures without that bias.

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The existence of God is his essence.