I regard all gods as imaginary constructs invented by human beings to fulfill a human need. They are endowed with powers that reflect the human ability to extrapolate imaginatively from what we can observe.
Man is a compulsive explainer. Man underestimates himself and misunderstands the natural world and hence thinks that it takes something more to explain things. Forces that he can’t explain become an idea of something superhuman. Feelings that he can’t explain become notions of the sacred. Mental states that he can’t explain become spirituality. With a little more trust in what is, whether he can explain it or not, he could do very nicely without what isn’t.
Those who confine themselves to what they can observe, measure, support with evidence, and replicate experimentally are called scientists by some and heretics by others. They are not always right. Because they are open to new information and new theories, their explanations change. If you can’t tolerate uncertainty, you don’t want science. Faith is unwavering because it isn’t affected by facts.
Cynics have always used people’s will or wish to believe as a means of controlling others, and they probably always will. They have a vested interest in reinforcing irrational belief and in harnessing the efforts of honest, sincere, well-intentioned believers in their service. I don’t choose to give them that power over me.