Eco, I can dig up arguments and counterarguments from brilliant minds. I can give you the ontological argument and the argument that scuttles it.
Or I can give it to you as plainly as possible.
No proof.
In fact, not even an inkling of evidence.
That's all the argument needed. Until someone has something to show in favor of the existence of a god or gods there really can be no serious debate.
God, so atrocious in the Old Testament, so attractive in the New--the Jekyl and Hyde of sacred romance.
-Mark Twain
If people are good only because they fear punishment and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed.
-Albert Einstein