I've always considered this observation, by the allegedly pagan philosopher Celsus in the 2d century, to be right on point. Unlike the xtians, he believes in a competent god!
Quote:"God does not inflict correction on the world as if he were some unskilled laborer who is incapable of building something properly the first time around; God has no need to purify what he has built by means of a flood or a conflagration (as they teach)."