“It’s ironic, because I really doubt that David Hume would find himself at all discomfited by the latter day superstitions that try to make the Big Bang an argument for a Creator,”
David Hume’s whole argument was that the universe was like an animal that lived forever and could grow and increase in complexity. Modern astrophysics that shows the universe clearly is not eternal and certainly is not an animal and bitch-smacks Hume in the face.

“when in fact it eliminates the possibility of a Creator.”
Exactly how does it? I think it fits in nicely with creation.

“Mohammed has had almost as much influence, in only two-thirds the time, without even rising from the dead.”
That is because of course Mohammed was A MILITARY COMMANDER AND CONQUEROR.

I’ve seen countless examples of people giving God the credit but never the blame in all sorts of things (e.g., “miraculous” survival stories in disaster situations)

Even worse – it’s always “Thank you God for saving me from that potentially fatal car accident!” and never “What the heck God, why did You blow out my car’s tire?”

If God is responsible for saving us from terrible situations that are beyond our control, then he’s just as responsible for putting us in those situations in the first place.

~David D.G.