There is simply no reason to believe this.
Actually, there is every reason to believe it.
But, if you actually want to think that this world is all there is, here's a novel idea for you.
Wait until it's too late to do anything to change your state. Not something I recommend for anyone. But, since the only real reason why people would want to follow Jesus is because they recognize they are sinners in need of a savior, this is where we meet him.
There is no argument good enough to even be considered an argument for this position.
Oh... well then....
You don't know much, do you!
Apparently atheists aren't as educated as they want us to believe they are.
Jesus came to save sinners.
So, unless, and until you recognize that simple fact, you'll remain stuck in your state.
Arguments for this position aren't pretending to be good, they're pretending to be arguments.
I see you've never actually read the bible either.
We don't base our faith on arguments. Arguments can be outdone by increasingly educated people. So, if you don't actually want to know God, then someone who has a more erudite argument can readily argue you out of your beliefs.
Here's the basis for this one.
1Co 2:4-6 WEB 4 My speech and my preaching were not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 that your faith wouldn’t stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God. 6 We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown, yet a wisdom not of this world nor of the rulers of this world who are coming to nothing.
It's pretty much like the teenage boys who are seeking to get into a girl's panties.
The most charming, and suave, and persuasive boy will succeed, if she's not fully cognizant of her self, her gifts, and her importance to the value of love.
This is exactly why YHVH warned us about the importance of knowing God and his Word.
As is written,
Dan 11:32 WEB ....... but the people who know their God will be strong and take action.
And
Hos 4:6 WEB My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.
As well as
Pro 29:18 WEB Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but one who keeps the law is blessed.
There are plenty more where those came from. So I won't overwhelm you with facts.
The idea that there is a holy, all good, all loving moral being that ordered the slaughter of amelekite children and will eternally torture you for not believing in him is so random, unevidenced, and downright contradictory that its just as likely god expects you to be an atheist, or the actual deity will be more upset at your false worship than no worship.
Wow, so your problem here isn't the fact that the amalekites attacked the Israelis unprovoked, but that God commanded the Israelis to destroy the amalekites because you don't actually know what the bible says about it.
Pity. Yet another example of the importance of knowing God's Word.
Allow me to help you understand what happened.
Exo 17:8-16 WEB 8 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 9 Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us, and go out to fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God’s rod in my hand.” 10 So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 When Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed. When he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses’ hands were heavy; so they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side. His hands were steady until sunset. 13 Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. 14 Yahweh said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky.” 15 Moses built an altar, and called its name “Yahweh our Banner”. 16 He said, “Yah has sworn: ‘Yahweh will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.’”
Deu 25:17-18 WEB 17
Remember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came out of Egypt, 18 how he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn’t fear God.
1Sa 15:2-3 WEB 2 Yahweh of Armies says, ‘I remember what Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way when he came up out of Egypt. 3 Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and don’t spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”
So, if you actually think that it's cool, and actually a good thing to launch an unprovoked attack on feeble, elderly, stragglers, etc..., then I'd say that you are a jerk to the nth degree.
I get the impression that you simply don't know what you're talking about and if you saw a similar situation today, where a large group of people migrating from one location to another were attacked without provocation, and the children, elderly, weak, and weary were slaughtered like animals, you'd have something to say about it.
Do yourself a favor and take the time to read the bible for the purpose of understanding and learning.
Not to win arguments, but actually understand it.
I don't believe in arguments. I've been at this internet forum thing dating back to 2000-02.
I've seen some impressive arguments, and then someone else who was more eloquent, and the previous argument was answered. Then yet another one, and each person who argued was increasingly eloquent.
At a certain point I came to realize that arguments aren't always the definitive proof of the veracity, or fallacy of certain things in life.
We who follow Jesus have been convinced by YHVH himself of the veracity of God, Jesus, the bible and eternal life.
So, you keep telling yourself that you're right and nobody else could ever convince you.