[Maratanos]

I've never understood the desire to believe in an omnipotent, benevolent deity. If you look at the world, it's pretty clear that if there's an omnipotent deity, he/she/it is not doing a very good job clamping down on evil. I mean, come on. Who is going to complain if God put the smackdown on rapists? Anyone non-crazy? I doubt it.

That said, I would be somewhat less inclined to disbelieve in a deity like Loki or Kali, who aren't really all that nice. I mean, I don't believe in any deities, I just don't see that there's any evidence they exist. But at the very least it's not such an anathema concept to me to believe in a deity which is not very nice.