God Probably Exists

Quick Intro: I will split my argument up into two main sections. The first section being "why is there religion?" and the second, "why is atheism more probable than god?". So, why is there religion? Part 1: Many people, rightly so, ask themselves "What created the physical processes that allow life to exist? How were matter and energy created?" The answer to both of these claims are, we do not yet know. Now, when someone does not know the answer to something they care about they will search for the answer. However, we human beings are not currently developed enough to be able to answer this question. We must not come up with an instinctual response and say, "oh, a greater power must have done it". No matter how much you believe that it does not make it true. Side Note" I always wanted to ask someone who believes in religion, what created god, why was he around at the time of creation? Part 2: It was also created to keep the masses happy and provide the monarchy with greater power. For all those people that lived long ago and had a very low quality of life what is the point of living it, why not overthrow the monarchy and live a better life? Well because the bible would forbid that, what a coincidence. For example look at the "divine right of kings", it was created by a king and it basically says that the monarchy is the closest person to god, a sin against a king/queen is a sin against god. Transition: Taking this into account we see that religion was created to sooth the mind of the many lower class citizens. At the moment neither atheism nor religion can be proved, so it seems smartest to take the most probable explanation. Why is atheism more probable than god? / Why is god less probable than atheism?: Part 1: Despite the endless facts and proof that is provided to us many still believe in a religion. Have you ever prayed? If not try this prayer, I have not yet seen it work and maybe there is a reason for that" "Dear God, almighty, all-powerful, all-loving creator of the universe, we pray to you to cure every case of cancer on this planet tonight. We pray in faith, knowing you will bless us as you describe in Matthew 7:7, Matthew 17:20, Matthew 21:21, Mark 11:24, John 14:12-14, Matthew 18:19 and James 5:15-16. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen." Will it work? No, of course not. But strangely enough passage after passage Jesus says praying will work, so in this instance, and every instance, why doesn"t it? Part 2: Think about DNA for a second" No one encodes DNA, instead it was encoded by a process of natural selection acting upon random mutations. Millions of scientists have proved that this is true, furthermore, look at this letter that thousands of clergy men signed to show that they believe in this scientific evidence (https://en.wikipedia.org...). The odds of DNA forming are very high if you consider the huge number of evolutionary reiterations possible under huge number of environmental stressors. We were not created in god"s image by god, we were created as living creatures by the formation of DNA. Part 3: We know that there are many different religions to choose from and we also know that in multiple "bibles" we are told that it is a sin to believe in a different god. It is also seen that Christianity and many other religions have derived from pagan gods. Does that not make pagan gods more likely to be true than the Christianity god (as there has been less room for human error when it comes to numerous interpretations)?( https://en.wikipedia.org...) Christianity: 2.1 billion Islam: 1.3 billion Hinduism: 900 million Chinese traditional religion: 394 million Buddhism: 376 million African Traditional & Diasporic: 100 million Sikhism: 23 million Juche: 19 million Spiritism: 15 million Judaism: 14 million Baha'i: 7 million Jainism: 4.2 million Shinto: 4 million Cao Dai: 4 million Zoroastrianism: 2.6 million Tenrikyo: 2 million Neo-Paganism: 1 million Unitarian-Universalism: 800 thousand Rastafarianism: 600 thousand Scientology: 500 thousand (Encyclopedia Britannica) Part 4: Many people believe that religion is great for society. Look at the social dysfunction that religion causes. Whether it be the cause of 7% of the world"s major wars (http://www.catholic.com...) or the many people that die each year because they refuse lifesaving medical treatment. Sure it does collect money for the needy and provide a set of moral values. However, look how much money the Catholic Church is worth, those magnificent buildings don"t build themselves. Also, other than those people who are completely insane, who does not have any moral values, read the bible and then become valued contributors to society. Finally, the USA is one of the greatest believers in religion, but, for a first world country, they have one of the greatest problems with issues such as: homicide, juvenile, early adult mortality, STD infection rates, teen pregnancy, and abortion (the bible condones most if not all). (http://a-a-ah.ru...) For the record: I have numerous pieces of evidence but have only gone into these few. I will also briefly touch on this one to conclude as I like how the bible contains numerous pieces of hypocrisy. "Thou shall not kill" said by the lord almighty in one of his ten commandments. But what about these parts of the bible: Deut 21:18-21, Leviticus 20:13, Exodus 35:2 ect" Also, on another side note, I would appreciate if my opponent would not use items from his key as I find that it confuses the argument. Bibliography: Divine right of kings: https://en.wikipedia.org... Have a look at this: http://www.dailysquib.co.uk... http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net... http://www.religioustolerance.org... http://www.quora.com...