The universe existing as a byproduct of God?

[T.J.]

I mean how God in general tends to contradict himself. The Christian god, anyway. I can't speak for the others. From what I know of the Greek gods they don't seem to have as many contradictions, but those are the stories everyone dismissed as myth.

And yes, those three things are exactly how we come to that conclusion. I take it you understand why we take that stance?