We are really in a circular argument here because the existence of God can neither be proved or disproved by empirical methods. This is the area of faith or, if you will, mysticism. I like Stephen Jay Gould's philosophy of Non-Overlapping Magisteria (NOMA) which sets out that science and religion are two separate fields that don't overlap. This theory can be found in his 1998 collection of essays [url=http://www.nytimes.com/books/98/11/15/bib/981115.rv054401.html][b]Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms[/b][/url]
Also worthy of reading is Karen Armstrong's [url=http://www.frimmin.com/books/historyofgod.html][b]A History of God[/b][/url] which shows how our view of God has changed over the centuries as influenced by Judaism, Christianity and Islam. Almost a companion piece to this is [url=http://www.richmondreview.co.uk/books/origin.html][b] The Origin of Satan[/b][/url] by Elaine Pagels who demonstrates that our idea of Satan is non-Biblical.
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