For me it's because I understand the argument against the existence of God.
Specifically, a God, meaning some kind of conscious all-knowing, all-powerful entity that exists somehow "beyond" time, would have to be a thing of organized complexity.
And organized complexity does not just "exist beyond time."
Somehow, this kind of organized complexity has to come in to being. No, it does not "just exist."
We do know one process for bringing organized complexity into being, and that is evolution.
So far, it's the only process we know about for creating organized complexity on the scale required for consciousness and intelligence.
We don't know of any other processes that can do this.
That doesn't prove that there aren't other ways. But.
You tell me. If God knows everything, where did he/it get that knowledge?
If God "just exists", explain: how is that possible?
Your non-explanation, to me, proves nothing.
Rather than saying "I can't prove leprechauns exist, so therefore you must accept that they might exist" I am very content to say "I do not believe that leprechauns exist." Period. End of story.
Same with God. No reason to believe. Even Pascal's wager is flawed, because you lose so much by living your life according to faith, that it is not worth it, especially considering how unlikely it is that a complete perfect all-knowing all-powerful intelligence would just spring into being beyond time.
Specifically, a God, meaning some kind of conscious all-knowing, all-powerful entity that exists somehow "beyond" time, would have to be a thing of organized complexity.
And organized complexity does not just "exist beyond time."
Somehow, this kind of organized complexity has to come in to being. No, it does not "just exist."
We do know one process for bringing organized complexity into being, and that is evolution.
So far, it's the only process we know about for creating organized complexity on the scale required for consciousness and intelligence.
We don't know of any other processes that can do this.
That doesn't prove that there aren't other ways. But.
You tell me. If God knows everything, where did he/it get that knowledge?
If God "just exists", explain: how is that possible?
Your non-explanation, to me, proves nothing.
Rather than saying "I can't prove leprechauns exist, so therefore you must accept that they might exist" I am very content to say "I do not believe that leprechauns exist." Period. End of story.
Same with God. No reason to believe. Even Pascal's wager is flawed, because you lose so much by living your life according to faith, that it is not worth it, especially considering how unlikely it is that a complete perfect all-knowing all-powerful intelligence would just spring into being beyond time.