The first cause cannot have been an intelligence, let alone an intelligence that answers prayers and enjoys being worshiped. Intelligent, creative, complex, statistically improbable things come late into the universe, as the product of evolution or some other process of gradual escalation from simple beginnings. They come late into the universe and therefore cannot be responsible for designing it.

The Huffington Post, 23/10/2006 - Why There Almost Certainly Is No God (2006)

Why There Almost Certainly Is No God[huffpost.com]