It's absurd to suggest that the simplest most logical explanation for all of this is a magical, eternal and benevolent creator. At the VERY least that's not any easier to believe than "it just happened".

Now, you can *believe* that, but to argue that it's obvious and logical is laughable.

A much more reasonable position is that the things we don't understand will end up being explained (eventually) much in the way that lightning was. By your logic, we should believe that lightning comes from Zeus. By your logic, we should believe that Poseidon controls the sea as well.

Except that we have that wonderful thing called science which, over time, helps us uncover these mysteries. And once it does, we realize how foolish it was to believe that Zeus was throwing his bolts of fury down on us.

The problem is that people are incredibly impatient, and scared. We don't live forever so for many people simply knowing that research will likely uncover many things we currently consider to be supreme mysteries (hell, the human genome was cracked) is just not that comforting.

It doesn't make them feel any better about aging, having a purpose for much of the brutal and nasty things life can bring, and of course, it doesn't bring back our dead loved ones (I could add a "yet" on that last point but who knows).

PS---My favorite is when people insist that God must exist because of the complex and "perfect" human design. Perfect my ass! How many of you reading this have contacts and or eyeglasses? An actual perfect design wouldn't lead half the population to require corrective lenses. And for that matter, our backs and knees are VERY poorly designed and break down quite regularly.

There are countless examples just like this (BPH for men over 50 anyone? Breathing and consuming liquids and food through the same hole?) but you get the idea.