Among the most ridiculous "proofs" for God's non-existence is the one suggested by the author Douglas Adams in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. The argument is based on the bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind-bogglingly useful as a Babel fish could evolve by chance. A Babel fish is a small, yellow, leech-like creature that feeds on brain waves – enabling you to understand instantly whatever language someone is speaking if you stick one in your ear.
The argument against God's existence runs like this. "I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing". "But," says man, "the Babel fish is a dead giveaway, isn't it? It proves you exist, and so therefore you don't. QED." "Oh dear," says God, "I hadn't thought of that," and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.
