The view that there is a God has no scientific data proving itself true. Both views require faith.
Allow me to tell you two stories; one that requires faith in God and one that requires faith that there is no God.
When I was 23 I attempted suicide. After I took 4 bottles of sleeping pills I laid down and waited to die. The next thing I know I am in a small but cozy room with lots of pillows and blankets.
A man I've never seen is talking to me about life on the otherside. He told me I did not live a good life but I am a good person, if that makes sense, and he said it was too bad I died young.
And it was too bad I was dead because you only get one chance at life, there are so many things you can only experience in this life.
And there were so many things I was supposed to do that wouldn't get done now. But the more he went on like that the more I regretted killing myself, I remember thinking I would give anything to have another chance, that I'd never throw it away again.
The next thing I remember was waking up in the hospital.
My doctors told me I was lucky to be alive and that I would likely suffer brain damage because of the drugs and booze.
I not only lived but I never suffered the brain damage I was told to expect.
I recently saw a painting of Jesus that jogged my memory of the man who spoke with me. I now believe I spoke with Jesus. I have no proof to offer, I didn't not have a typical near death experience, and I have nothing but my memory and faith to back up my account.
The other story goes that I took sleeping pills with spiced rum and then passed out, I was found wandering the hallways of the hotel I was in until cops arrived and I became combative and fought with them until they got me in an ambulance.
That on the way to the military hospital I had dreams/delusions spurred on by massive quantities of drugs and booze.
I then awoke in a hospital hours later suffering from intense delusions of a near death experience.
Which story do you prefer? Which one is more edifying? Which one is more meaningful and inspiring?
Because neither one proves anything but only one means something to me. It is the same with God. There is no more proof that there is a God than there is proof that there is no God.
The world view that there is no God carries no meaning, in fact it bolsters meaninglessness.
But the world view that there is a God runs deep with inspiration and meaning.
Is the glass half empty or half full?
So which world view do you prefer?
