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I'm pretty much a Kirkegaardian on the subject of proof, which means that while rational consideration can lead us towards believing in God (and some part of this is the arguments for his existence), it cannot actually get us there. We need a leap of faith.
This might be inaccurate, but one might characterize Janey's point as that any argument requires premises, the ones for the existence of God as well as the ones for his non-existence. And if you demand proof of the premises, you're eventually going to get an infinite regress.
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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."
"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."
-- Friedrich Nietzsche
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