Is it really hubris to hear about a family dying in a house fire, then hear people talking of an omnipotent, benevolent diety and think "That doesn't make sense."?
Yes, it is. As horrifying as those events seem to you, it is impossible to guess what God thinks of that. I mean, how abhorred are you at the family of insects on the windshield of your car? It's that distance, from you to insect, times infinity. That's how far his thoughts are from yours. So yeah, I think that's hubris. Or egocentric.
Actually Siquo is the only non strong atheist whose belief make sense to me. He's not sure about the existence of a god, but he isn't sure of anything else either (at least theoretically).
Anything else would be illogical.
Oh, I'm a deist, not an atheist. I believe there is a God (through experience, so I've got EVIDENCE), but am completely unsure as to his nature. Or of the nature of anything, including my experience. But you need some sense of reality to survive in this reality, I guess.
Uncomfortable thoughts, like [he doesn't exist/he wants me to kill babies/he doesn't want me eating pigs], would make the god unlike you and therefore less believable. I mean, it's easier to say God did something that happened than to say he will do something miraculous in the future and have it happen. In that way, I'd say religion lives in the past events rather than being a way to live your future.
We all believe in the Gods that we want to believe in, is what you're saying
Partly true, as far as excuses go, but there's scripture and knowledge and prophets on how to be a better person, a person you aren't yet. It's also about spiritual growth, about What Would Jesus Do, on how to grow beyond your own pettiness and become a better person. That's future, too.