(May 21, 2019 at 8:16 pm)mcc1789 Wrote: What do you think? I'd lean toward maybe a cosmological or design argument for God's existence, and some incompatible properties argument in opposing it (e.g. God can't have free will plus omniscience). Or do you think no such arguments can be had, in either (maybe both) cases?
I would say that the cosmological argument and the design argument are the best in a sea of shitty arguments. The ontological argument takes the cake for the stupidest argument ever. But the argument from morality pisses me off the most.
In the realm of arguments that prove that faith in God is rational, I think William James makes a pretty good case in "The Will to Believe." If anything, it's a thought-provoking essay from a theist that I think all atheists who are interested in philosophy of religion should read.
As for arguments against God's existence... well... it's kinda like arguments against the existence of the tooth fairy. There is no solid disproof. You just have to look at what evidence is available and draw the most sensible conclusion.
