Well said Z ... even though I disagree with some of what you said ... it is well said.
From my perspective it is not that there is not god but rather as in the beliefs of my country's founding fathers, who were deists, this is Judeo-Christian-Islamic style god.
A god that is sentient as depicted is a logical impossibility. One can not be all knowing and change one's mind ... that is logically impossible.
It is not possible to put together two imperfect beings, put them into a test (snake and apple) knowing that they can not pass and then punish them for their failure.
And throw out the logical impossibility of "free will" because if "free will" is renders us capable of making decisions unanticipated by that god then that god is not all powerful, not all knowing, etc.
Again ... logically impossible.
That does not preclude many other possible incarnations.
