The biggest problem with the God hypothesis, so far as I can tell, is accounting for the fact that there is absolutely no concrete evidence for God anywhere. My question is: what kind of God would set things up that way? Why would God create a universe in which it is possible to be an atheist, if he wants us to believe in him?

There are a four ways of explaining this that I can think of:

(1) There is a God, but he doesn't want anybody to believe in him.
(2) There is a God, but he doesn't care whether or not we believe in him, and doesn't care about the feelings of those who are desperately trying to find out for sure whether he is real.
(3) There is a God, and he wants us to believe in him, but for some reason he doesn't like people who can only be convinced by logic and evidence, preferring those who take things on blind faith.
(4) There is no God.

Of the four options, number 4 seems to me to be the most logical. I just can't fathom why a God would create the universe and humanity and everything, then fail to reveal himself, and sit idly by watching as people argue and kill each other over their various religious beliefs. God could easily settle the whole matter with one grand miracle, telling us which (if any) of the world's religions are correct, or at least giving us some kind of hint. If there is a God out there, he just doesn't seem to give a shit about what we think or do down here.
Oneironaut Reviewed by Oneironaut on . If God is real, why are there atheists? The biggest problem with the God hypothesis, so far as I can tell, is accounting for the fact that there is absolutely no concrete evidence for God anywhere. My question is: what kind of God would set things up that way? Why would God create a universe in which it is possible to be an atheist, if he wants us to believe in him? There are a four ways of explaining this that I can think of: (1) There is a God, but he doesn't want anybody to believe in him. (2) There is a God, but he doesn't Rating: 5