I don't see on what grounds people would establish belief in God simply because he exists, I believe in certain things such as the big bang but I would not begin to worship an explosion because there is simply no logical necessity implied by that. X exists, X is (potentially) the cause of my existence, therefore I must worship X? it seems a pretty weak synthetic argument to me.
Furthermore, the 'problem of evil' stands, I don't see how any 'all-loving' god would grant man the freedoms that we have yet condemn him for the baser instincts which were provided to him through his nature. For example, the bible would condemn homosexuality, masturbation, sex on a sunday etc etc, yet these arise through man's natural desire for sex and this was provided by god therefore God has created man with the will to directly contradict god, this seems unlikely to me. Morever, a 'greatest good' would not act as he is supposed to according to the bible. For example, the story of Job is the most despicable thing ever, why would a god punish man simply to test his faith? that seems sadistic to say the least. This is also evident in Exodus when god kills egyptian children because one man wouldn't free the israelites, doesn't seem like an 'all-loving' thing to do and this guy begins to me to sound more akin to the devil than the supposed greatest good.
Furthermore, the 'problem of evil' stands, I don't see how any 'all-loving' god would grant man the freedoms that we have yet condemn him for the baser instincts which were provided to him through his nature. For example, the bible would condemn homosexuality, masturbation, sex on a sunday etc etc, yet these arise through man's natural desire for sex and this was provided by god therefore God has created man with the will to directly contradict god, this seems unlikely to me. Morever, a 'greatest good' would not act as he is supposed to according to the bible. For example, the story of Job is the most despicable thing ever, why would a god punish man simply to test his faith? that seems sadistic to say the least. This is also evident in Exodus when god kills egyptian children because one man wouldn't free the israelites, doesn't seem like an 'all-loving' thing to do and this guy begins to me to sound more akin to the devil than the supposed greatest good.
