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God is one of the strangest things ever invented by mankind (or vice
versa). This person or thing usually is seen as all-knowing,
omnipotent and infinitely benevolent (as is taught us by philosophers
such as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Berkeley, �). The feature of
existence is something that not everybody is prepared to grant him or
it. The most important reason is  probably that his or its most
important features contain a hole bunch of logical paradoxes.
A few examples:
(1) These questions concern the nature of a God and are very popular
amongst atheist and likewise hated with believers or deists (who have
been trying to make up answers to these questions for ages): - Can god
build a wall that is so high that he can�t jump over it? - Can god
make a car that is faster than he himself? - Can god create a girl
that is so fine looking that he can�t get her? - Can god pay his
taxes? �
(2) Another paradox is causes by the following  situation: Pick a game
and dare god to join in. The easiest game is a chicken-race (This is a
game in which two cars are placed on a same line opposite to each
other. On a given sign both cars start to race on to each other. The
goal of the game is to keep on going as long as you can.  The person
who turns his wheel is a chicken and therefore a loser). Now the only
thing you have to do to win a chicken-race against god is never turn
your wheel and make sure you believe you never will turn your wheel.
Because god is all-knowing he will now that you won�t give in so he
will  have to turn his wheel. So the almighty god is a loser! Quite a
lot of believers will burst out into  tears if you face them with this
Spielerei. If you happen to stand against one of the few very
intelligent ones they while probably encounter your attack with ever
more ridiculous arguments. If  this happens you can find yourself in a
situation that is pretty shaming: the believer might for example slam
the argument in your face that an all-knowing god won�t be so stupid
to join in such a stupid game (especially since, because he is
all-knowing, he already knows that he will lose).
To conclude: if god really does exist his last message to his creation
(We apologise for the  inconvenience) should be in thirty-foot-high
letters of fire across every planet in the universe in  stead of only
on the Quentulus Quazgar Mountains on the land of Sevorbeupstry on the
planet Preliumtarn (which orbits around the planet Zarss in the Gray
Binding Fiefdoms of Saxaquine  beyond the Limitless Lightfields of
Flanux)!

from The Hitch-Hikers' Guide To The Galaxy
( http://www.h2g2.com )
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