David Attenborough is coy about whether he believes in god but has said he finds it hard to believe that a god as described by Christianity exists. He cites the example of a parasitic worm in Africa that can enter the human system simply by stepping in a puddle of water containing its larvae. The worm then grows inside of the human (often children) until it burrows out through the eye permanently blinding the victim. He asks “how could a benevolent god allow such a creature to exist?”.

I identify as an atheist, but I am open to the first mover theory - basically that a supernatural being might have kicked everything off with the big bang or whatever but then that he fucked off. I don't think it is reasonable or moral to believe that "god" is running a celestial North Korea* and that we can all be convicted of thought crime and punished for eternity because we didn't partake in the correct spiritual activity while on earth.

Consider the contradiction between a child being pulled from a collapsed building after 6 days without food or water, for that we should all thank god, but when he allowed 250,000 to die as a result of the Indian Ocean 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami we are told not to question god, because he moves in mysterious ways*.

*attribution to Christopher Hitchens