Agnosticism is the most logical perspective on religion and spirituality

In this round we will make our opening arguments. My stance is (Pro) that agnosticism, the perspective or philosophy of being undecided about the existence of God(s), is the most logical (spiritually/religiously). There could be a God(s), but there also might not be a God(s) I'll start with my thoughts on why there could be a God(s). (1) God(s) (1a) Self awareness Humans are self-aware (as far as we can tell most people will agree on that) to a degree equal or exceeding all life forms on this planet. We do not ask simply what we are (atoms, molecules, proteins, membranes, cells), who we are (race and heritage, omnivorous mammalian species, musical tastes, etc.), but the all important stumper of WHY we are. (probably better phrased "Why are we?..alive? on this planet? etc.") We are astoundingly curious animals, astoundingly smart and clever when we manage to avoid being idiotic. We are able to take near total dominion of the other creatures around us thanks to our smarts and our anatomy. We can reshape the earth and our surroundings to meet exactly what we need. It begs the question "How could anything so complex and profound as man have come about without some all-knowing power molding us with purpose and precision?" That leads me to think there could be a God(s) (1b) Difficult to *prove* that God doesn't exist. Many atheists will use physics and cosmology to argue that God could not exist, not even have caused the Big Bang as according to that hypothesis of the creatoin of the universe as we know it. Yet , they fail to see that perhaps its not so cut and dry, that God(s) could be something that can't be measured, defined, mathematically proven or disproven. God could be beyond us, beyond this realm of being. God might not operate under a set of definable laws of physics. Then I think about why there could be no God(s) (2) No God(s) (2a) A lot of horrible things happen in the world, a great deal of which seem totally random and out of our control. Natural disasters like floods, wildfires, tornadoes, earthquakes, tsunamis all happen and kill so many people, believers of all various religious faiths and non-believers alike. It's indiscriminate killing, often mass killings, and if God were in control of these things or even slightly responsible then he/she/it/them are massacring us, their very own crowning achievement, in cold blood. It would be like God were some bipolar child who makes things just so he can later smash them. Who grows a garden, waits for the flowers and shrubs to bloom, waits for the vines and stalks to bear fruit, and then sets fire to it or pulls out a weedwacker and mangles it all? (2b) Genetic defects, especially those that immediately affect children. If there is a God or Gods and they are , well, godlike... and most religions seem to consider their diety(s) infallible , then why are there children born with genetic defects? Why are kids born missing limbs, with incurable ailments and forced to suffer, cerebral palsy, tay-sachs, angelman syndrome, etc., etc. http://www.livestrong.com... http://www.med.umich.edu... Children should not have to suffer, should be innocent until proven guilty (of sin) and should be born whole and healthy if they are creations of a God(s). One potential explanation would be that God is fallible or he doesn't care, isn't a micro-manager you might say. He created the genetic language of life but there were some bugs and errors in that language. Perhaps it is an imperfect system, but its the best that can be done? (3) Ancient Religious Books Many theists point to books like the Bible or the Quran as their "evidence" for God. To a skeptic like myself, they appear more like stories and a loosely written account of histories of various influential peoples in the Middle East and Mediterranean parts of the world. Why would God not reveal himself now when we could record it, document it with audio, video? We understand so much more now of how the world works, how biology, chemistry, and physics work. Why not make sure that we understand that these are things that he used and created for his purpose? (too many rhetorical questions, i know) His message could be brought to everyone and unify the peoples of the world, end war as we know it, likely end all hate, end violence, end famine . I'm sure we might be discussing Holy books in the rebuttal round so I'll leave it alone mostly. Theisms are based largely on hope. Hope that there is some greater meaning, larger context to our existence. Hope that there is a heaven, hope that suffering in this world is a trial and if we pass the test we will be rewarded. Hope that this world, our lives, are not just a series of random events, that DNA did not come to be from some spontaneous chemical reaction and life created by simple accident in a primordial soup of molecules. Atheism is so lacking in hope its frightening. (I am presuming that most Atheists also think there is no afterlife of any sort, once dead physically that's it, its game over, back to nothingness) If there is no greater purpose, no continuing storyline for us beyond physical death than it seems to me that we are simply hosts for our DNA. We are being used and nothing beyond the recombination of our DNA through offspring is accomplished. I hope there is a God and something after death, but I am skeptical about it nonetheless and therefore I'm an Agnostic. I feel that makes the most sense based on our current knowledge and my own powers of observation and critical thinking. You might call me a hopeful agnostic, unsure but hopeful I welcome the argument from my opponent.