First post

Test post, make sure it's all working.

Lets lay down the basics. There probably are no gods of any sort. No evidence to support them, they do not emerge as a consequence of any demonstrated physical law, and are not necessary for the formulation of said laws. The christian god, in particular, I believe could not possibly exist in the sense that most people believe in. I point here to the "problem of evil". To simplify:

1. If there exists a being that is omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent, suffering would not.
2. Suffering exists.
3. Therefore, an omnipotent, omniscient and omnibenevolent cannot exist.

Note that I have specified suffering rather than evil, as specifying evil allows an argument from morality (this being that there would be no universal moral system without a deity). So, the christian god, in order to exist, could not possess all three of omnipotence, omniscience and omnibenevolence (which, I may add, many christians assert that he does). I also argue that if an intelligent being possesses of omnipotence, they then by definition possess the ability to grant themselves omniscience. This reduces the number of possibilities to three.

1. God exists, but does not possess the ability to lessen suffering. The fact that a human individual can lessen suffering means that there is no reason to put this god above yourself.
2. God exists, but is unwilling to lessen suffering. Since it is possible to imagine a world with less suffering, this one cannot be the best of all possible worlds, meaning that any individual who wants a better world is more moral - in my view - than this god.
3. God does not exist.

I am only specifying the christian god here for a few reasons. The first being that I don't know enough about other religions to comment on them specifically - although I still see no reason to accept their claims either. The second being that these arguments apply to any religion that specifies the three qualities mentioned as ones their deity possesses. The final reason is that it is most likely that anybody who reads this will be more familiar with christianity than other religions and hence more able to understand my reasoning.