But no--the world is not set up in such a manner as to make it easily comprehended. The universe does not give a shit whether humans understand it or not. It just IS.
Yeah, anyone who thinks the universe was created so that humans could understand it need to take a look at some of the quantum physics, then curl up into a ball and cry when you realize how fucking incomprehensible and counter intuitive the universe is compared to the way humans perceive it.
-"I think I can safely say that nobody understands quantum mechanics."
Richard FeynmanAlso I'd say the problem of evil isn't an effective argument. It doesn't address the core issue of lack of evidence for gods, and it is still equally likely for there to be any type of god, heavily conflicted or not. Sure the problem of evil means that if there is a god he's certainly a dick, but
its certainly not a proof against god.Since the idea of god is completely arbitrary and not based on observation or reality, but mainly solipsism, then the idea that god must somehow be rational or sane is also arbitrary, also, it excludes other bullshit arguments like there are 2 gods, one good and one evil, and they are both perfectly balanced. Whenever anything good happens its good god, whenever something bad happens its evil god etc.
One of the best attacks is of how god explanations effectively have 0 explanatory power.
How did god make matter? He just did.
How did god make life? He just did.
How did god make space-time? He just did.
Where's heaven? Some place we can't get to or measure in any way.
Where's hell? Some place we can't get to or measure in any way.
Where's/what's a soul? Something we can't get to or measure in any way.
Where's god? Some place we can't get to or measure in any way.
this is not explaining anything, its just arbitrary bullshit designed to make humans feel better about the lack of understanding of the universe and a fear of death.Even if there was a god who did all these things, even though theres no evidence for it, then we would still have to use the scientific method to understand how it happened, so religion is completely useless in terms of explaining the universe.
Of course, the ultimate perversion of this completely arbitrary non answer, is that its used as a more "reasonable" alternative to gaps in our knowledge.
Since "science" can't explain X, god must be responsible for X.
How do you know it must be god? Well do you have an explanation? Then god must have done it. How did god do it? I don't know, he just did.
So even though religions apparently have detailed information on the order in which god made shit, there is absolutely 0 explanation in how it happened, and therefore as a theory of how existence came into being, is completely useless.
Even if one of the "god" theories was actually correct (which would only be correct through sheer luck of a random guess),theres absolutely no concrete evidence in any god ever existing, and nothing to be learned from religion bar vague rhetoric and toddler level morality (i.e. its wrong to hurt people, except if its stoning unruly children or god letting thieves and homosexuals be tortured in hell forever).