Artificial God -- Speech by Douglas Adams.

This is rather as if you imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, 'This is an interesting world I find myself in - an interesting hole I find myself in - fits me rather neatly, doesn't it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!' This is such a powerful idea that as the sun rises in the sky and the air heats up and as, gradually, the puddle gets smaller and smaller, it's still frantically hanging on to the notion that everything's going to be alright, because this world was meant to have him in it, was built to have him in it; so the moment he disappears catches him rather by surprise.

His initials are DNA and his speech is located here.

Being an atheist is something that I occasionally find difficult to explain. I don't believe in God. I don't believe in an ultimate plan. I don't interfere with other people's rights to believe in God or higher plans, so I'd actually rather prefer that they left me and my lack of belief alone, just as I leave them and their beliefs alone.

( And if you're religious and offended by people who aren't, I suggest not clicking underneath the cut. )