Debunking Christianity? It's actually quite as simple as asking "why?"

[Cinjin]

You're more than a touch hypocritical here Cinjin, I could just as easily ask you "why would he create a universe?" or "why would he create life?". Answer -- He didn't, he doesn't exist.

Yep - that's a fair perception. Belief in anything unseen does tend to make one hypocritical in some way or another because my beliefs are no more valid than anyone else's. That's the inevitable illogical conclusion and paradox to who I am. I have found no way around it.

The difference that seems to make me tolerable is that I'm not going around claiming I have proof, spouting ridiculous assertions about the age of the world, condemning others to hell, and denying contradictions with "author's original context" arguments. In short, I don't claim to actually know God.

...and without deism - I would (and possibly will) default to atheism. I will be the first to concede that God may not exist. It is an impossible thing to prove. For now however, Deism allows me the small amount of faith I always wanted and the ability to ridicule silly books about goat herders and superstition.