I have a personal anecdote on this matter. I believe that god proves he's real on occasion but you have to be paying attention to see it.

I used to be pretty agnostic when I was younger. My stepson is disabled and can't move around, and spends most of his day in his recliner. He likes video games though, as do I, but he can't play some of the more complicated ones so I would end up having to play them 'for' him. One such game was called "Boom Blox" and it was on the Wii.

Well, he grew bored of it and it spent several months on a shelf behind where he could even see. Its kind of a rare game so its trade-in value at places like Gamestop was actually pretty high, and at one point there was a game I really wanted but didn't have the money for. So, I took a bunch of my games, and still needed a bit more.. and I wickedly decided to take that game. He didn't seem to care, so how would he notice?

Well, the VERY DAY I took it, traded it in, and got the game I wanted, he asked to play it. I had to explain to him, and my new wife, that we didn't have it any more and that I had traded it in. My wife was justifiably furious, and I had to buy a new copy of that game so he could play it. The kicker? Once I did replace it, he NEVER ONCE ASKED ABOUT IT AGAIN. EVER.

I choose to see that as a sign from god to 'Be a better person. Hell awaits the wicked."