If there is a creator, so what?

[Ignorant]

Not the point.  It doesn't matter whose god you choose, you're using a loaded definition of the word god. [1] Such 'relationships' only materialize with certain gods.  I don't have a relationship with Loki, nor is he subsistent being (a concept I detest, btw). [2] What you have by acknowledging a creator is a deistic god about whom nothing is known, unless you load the box with your own self-serving definition. [3]

1) I was under the impression that this sort of thought experiment gives me the liberty to do so, but I've been wrong before.

2) I'm sorry to hear that!

3) Correct! =) However, I derived this definition from my own understanding of the argument from contingency and necessity. The thought experiment for me then became: "Supposing some god did exist, why should I care?" Well, not only is this the sort of god I think exists, but it is also one I think is deserving of at least some attention.

Is this the all-encompassing and complete rational conception of god? No. Is it even the only incomplete rational conception of god out there? No.

I just thought it was a good place to start, and I am sorry you feel otherwise.

Also, thank you for your kind words made to Alasdair. I hope that, in the future, I can live up to them in all of my interactions on these forums