Part of why I do not see it necessary to invoke a creator has to do with the tremendous capacity man has had in the past for making very rash and sweeping generalizations. To me it is clear the the most rational way to approach the investigation of our world is to suspend judgment until we have a conclusive piece of evidence showing for example, abiogenesis is definitively not possible. It seems foolish to insert a creator into life, when at present there is no need. I have heard the argument that "If the earth was one degree off from its orbit, life wouldn't have happened..." That is hogwash. Astronomers consider the habitable zone in a range that includes Venus and Mars. We also don't know how many earth-size planets there are. I do feel that the probability rests in favor of there being many earth-like worlds. Whether or not they have beings with a propositional language... now that's another story because we don't even know the odds of that ability coming about in our own world. (We know its rare, and it wasn't a random process. Evolution itself isn't "purely" random.) - The other part is that I believe that the concept of a creator-being is a product of our ability to form language and our incessant need for P-->Q rational judgment. Someone had to come up with the idea to explain nature, and this idea has been categorically removed from nearly every facet of explanation, largely due to its utter lack of utility. So if I sound atheistic... this is why. - Finally, on a personal level, I also find it untruthful to adopt positions that are not falsifiable. Even if chemical abiogenesis were proven wrong, we still couldn't posit a creator because we can't falsify the claim. This is what makes me materialistic, because I am only willing to accept as truth, that which can be falsified. (Everything else is suspended in "the great grey.")

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\"Why is it, Master, that ascetics fight with ascetics?\"

\"It is, brahmin, because of attachment to views, adherence to views, fixation on views, addiction to views, obsession with views, holding firmly to views that ascetics fight with ascetics.\"