Alright, I'll try and stay on topic. I don't believe there is a god and the reasons are many, but some of the more important ones are these two :
First, I don't think our universe needs a god. I believe the universe and everything in it, even our thoughts, is the product of a long chain of fairly predictable events, cause and consequence. I hate it when people say "we're here by accident" - no we're not, the emergence of life on our planet was most likely a highly probable event and it's subsequent evolution is simply a matter of cause and consequence. Believing in a universe that runs without any need for a higher intelligence to govern it puts god out of his job.
Second, I believe religion is also a result of cause and consequence. We have a biology that gives rise to psychology. Most of us are highly inquisitive in nature and have a need for understanding the world around us. In every human culture out there you find religion. It's been with us for thousands and thousands and thousands of years. Now, belief can have many extravagant effects - it can flavour people's perceptions, it can alter experiences, it can heal you (which is why you test meds against placebos - belief in a drug is part of what makes it work). I believe religious experiences are internal -- either it's all in their mind or they interpret something non-religious in a religious way.
In other words, the universe gets on fine without any deities and so do religions. The simplest answer to the yes/no-question "is there a god?" then becomes "no".
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