‘Your God person puts an apple tree in the middle of a garden and says, do what you like, guys, oh, but don’t eat the apple. Surprise surprise, they eat it and he leaps out from behind a bush shouting “Gotcha”. It wouldn’t have made any difference if they hadn’t eaten it.’
‘Why not?’
‘Because if you’re dealing with somebody who has the sort of mentality which likes leaving hats on the pavement with bricks under them you know perfectly well they won’t give up. They’ll get you in the end.’
They say that God created the world in a week didn’t they? That’s way too irresponsible. If he did create the world, surely he made some comment like ‘This isn’t something I would’ve made.’ or perhaps ‘Hold on! It’s not done yet!’
-- Douglas Adams
~ Sca-自 Subarashiki Hibi ~Discontinuous Existence~ (personal translation)