Look, a lot of people pray for things and nothing happens, or it happens anyway. That makes me think God is just something people made up to feel better. I could be wrong, but that's my gut feeling.

The practical thing is that if God is fake, people spend a lot of time and money on something that can't help them, instead of fixing real problems themselves. My opponent says prove it, and fair enough, I don't have a big argument, but that still feels true to me.

If God is real, why is asking for proof treated as such a problem? I get that my opponent wants evidence and maybe that is fair, but my gut still says a lot of belief is just people hoping. I do not really know how to argue it better.

The other side seems to treat doubt as the issue, but I think the real issue is that belief in God can't be checked at all. Maybe my opponent is right that I can't prove it, fair enough, but that still leaves me feeling it's mostly wishful thinking.

A surprising statistic I heard is that humans have worshipped thousands of different gods, which makes the whole thing look invented to me. My opponent may have a fair point about proof, and I am not sure how to answer, but I still feel God is mostly a made up comfort.