God - a study in pointlessness.

[sven]

Can anyone tell me why, if there is a God, he created the world in the first place. It would be a bit self-indulgent of him, surely. Wouldn't he have to be some sort of a power crazed Voyeur to do any of this in the first place? Why would a just and loving God create a world and then watch its creatures suffering for millennium after millennium.

What the hell was God thinking? I have yet to hear a convincing argument advanced about this. Perhaps non atheists could take a shot at answering this question

I really like the idea of the 'demiurge' much more; him not being really good and flawless like the real God, who is beyond the material. But I'm not a non-atheist, so I should just shut up.