RicOlie_2 said:

That's a good question, Ryan, and one that I will do my best to answer this evening.

Saying that it has no proof is a gross misrepresentation though. There doesn't seem to be much evidence against it though. If you can give the supposed evidence against it before the end of the day, I will try to give counter-evidence/arguments.

I'd hardly call saying "believing in something that by default has no proof behind it (That's what faith is" is a "gross misrepresentation" considering the Oxford English Dictionary offers the following definition of 'Faith'...

"strong belief in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual conviction rather than proof"

But for the sake of answering my earlier question properly, lets assume we all agree there is no proof for God and there is no proof for the absence of God either.

e.g. MrBrown says above, that the feelings of hope that belief in the afterlife gives, has benefits to a life lived here on earth. Wether there is or is not an afterlife is immaterial to this question or answer.

I can see how that would work for some people. But for me that's just self-dellusion which doesn't give me any hope or moral strength.