Do you believe in God? Why/Why not?

[Peh]

WolfpackN64 said:

Peh said:

I can agree with there being a first cause, but I don't see the logical conclusion in it being a god responsible for the first cause out of all other possibilities. That's a non sequitur. And if you claim it to be a god, than it is a GothG argument -> argument from ignorance.  And if you go deeper into the rabbit hole you'll end up on a special pleading. 

I understand your position. I agree the strongest criticism against the Cosmological argument is that: does God really follow from it? But I maintain that the GotG argument and special pleading aren't properly aplicable here.

Why not? When someone is placing god at the end of the equation it's because of ignorance. 

We don't know what caused the Big Bang
- I do, it was god. -> god of the gaps

We don't know how life started on this planet
- I do, it was god. -> god of the gaps

We don't know why there is more matter left in our universe. Matter and Anti-Matter should've all cancel each other out.
- I do, it was god. -> god of the gaps

 Using god of the gaps only for its original meaning / purpose would be a genetic fallacy.