Hi, I'm new to this forum. I've been browsing around for quite a bit, getting a feel for the goings on and I've finally decided to put my two cents in.
The argument I have seen evolving thus far deals with the lack of evidence to prove the existence of a divine entity. At this moment I wish to pose the following thought.
We have, what are considered five sense: sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell.
It is with these senses that we perceive the universe, and the existence of a divine entity is apparently undetectable through these sense. (Never heard of anyone TASTING God - then again, there is confirmation) So, obviously, one could easily dispute that since their senses do not show them a divine entity, one must not exist, or rather, they have no reason to believe in one, because our senses provide us what is an apparently complete view of the universe lacking in supernatural activity.
However, let us take the case of an individual who is born blind and never in their life experiences light and color. Only through the warmth of the sun can they have any indication that it even exists, and then they must believe the claims of those who are sighted that there is such a thing as color and so forth. They still have a complete universe, as far as they concerned, for from their perspective there is no need for light.
Those of us who are fortunate enough to be able to detect and respond to light KNOW that it exists. However, the one who has never experienced light must trust beyond the limits of their perceptions that it exists.
We have evolved the sense we need to adequately survive in this physical plane and on this particular planet. I am simply entertaining the possibility that there are other manners of perception that we lack, much like the one who has been born blind, and knows no other existence.
Peace