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I have a fairly open mind but do not believe in God because it seems self-contradictory. It's not about proof but about reasonableness.
Inheriting a sin from an unrelated individual does not seem fair, yet God is supposed to be kind, loving and fair. "My way or the highway" justice doesn't seem loving either, what kind of religious freedom is God giving us, if we don't believe in him and we will be forever damned?
A world population created through incest seems utterly absurd, virgin conception seems ridiculous, and so does a talking snake.
One cannot easily prove that there is no flying elephants either, yet one does not believe in them, based on common sense.
Of course, I will be the first to admit that common sense is entirely subjective, based on ones intelligence, experience, and education.
The more we realize we don't know, the more we need science, or a scientific approach to guide us. If we leave all matters in the hands of religious priests, scientists such as Galileo Galilei will continue to be banned, as his findings contradict with religious teachings.
Science will always push the boundary creating heated confrontation with religion; in Galileo's time, it was the centre of the world debate, and currently it is of course creationism versus evolutionism.
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