Occam’s Razor makes short work of the question, Is there a God? Simplest answer: no. Legitimate theology must allow for atheism.
Occasionally, absolutism has its place. The black and white test often fails because of the ambiguous grey area, but there are instances when it passes. 0+0=0; in the most fundmental sense there is no benefit arguing such a truth.
So, to posit that there is no God becomes an open and shut case. That is until attendant questions are asked. How does something emerge from the void of nothing? This metaphysical question of First Cause challenges the notion that something can come from nothing. Really? Show me beyond the shadow of a doubt that such a thing is possible.
If something from nothing cannot be empirically demonstrated, the absolute open and shut case deteriorates in the light of something needing a source that cannot be equal to nothing. Reason, therefore, allows for the existence of a source to explain that there is something which cannot be accounted for by a void. In other words, there may be something, and the theological term for that is: God.
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