>>12063347>>306430719It would be impossible for someone to prove the existence of God but I can make a few arguments why belief is beneficial.
1. Evolution - Mankind is predisposed to mystical thinking and social pressures to conform. Societies with strong unified religious belief tend to have the best shot of success long term.
2. Cultural - Belief in self-reliance, forgiveness and humbleness tends to produce happier people whereas lack of (for the sake of argument i'll use christianity) biblical perspectives will lead to all sorts of degeneracy, moral decay and jealousy of those more fortunate
3. Evil exists- people quite literally will choose awful behavior because it is expedient or easy without some guidance (that being said this is religion dependent).
God may not exist, but living as though God does exist is probably much more beneficial to mental health and society as a whole than denial of God. Both positions on their face are equally justifiable.
t. Atheist
