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And it is this need to argue away God that makes it seem all the more clear that he does exist. If he really doesn't exist, then why bother arguing about it. Why even bother arguing against those who believe anyway. Nothing will change for it. We will all simply die and it will be over.
But inside we have knowledge of something different. We may not like it. But we sense it. And we want to yell in its face and say it isn't there. But it doesn't work. When we go to bed at night, we know better. So we have to keep arguing — looking for the argument that will convince even our own belief that there is nothing to believe in.
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I am not trying to argue away God. Why would I want to do that? Eternal void is unattractive to me. I deny that I am a reprobate infidel who "says in his heart there is no God" or wishes to "say it isn't there" to quote you. I deny that I am "looking for the argument that will convince even our own belief that there is nothing to believe in." It might be comforting to you to suppose that these questions arise only from a God hater. That is not my case.
Yes, inside there is something different. Call it God, conscience, moral compass or a sense of a moral absolute. The problem is, not only do I not measure up to standard of the inner God, but even less does the world that the outer God has created. Why did a moral God create such a world? Perhaps the only answer is the answer of faith. In the words of the old hymn, "We will understand it better by and by", which implies that in the here and now there is no answer at all.