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Striker
You have just made the leap from the concept of God to organised religion and using one to dismiss the other.
To me, there are 3 potential levels of 'God'.
1) God the creator. How the hell did this amazing universe come from nothing? Science is providing more answers day by day showing how the universe and life on this planet evolved, but how did all this matter come into existence in the first place? It is another one where everyone has to admit 'I don't know' - in much the same way that a relatively short time ago people didn't really know what lay beyond this planet or the scale of the universe. As you go further back to the big bang and what started it, you have to admit that a God or something of great power operating on a level we can barely conceive, could have kick started all this and perhaps the universe we know is something tiny in something much much bigger. Science can not say either way, but I'm pretty certain they did not model each planet, moon, sheep, tree etc by hand. That is stuff that just happened once the universe started. Equally it could have been by chance.
2) The all seeing ever living God. If you admit that something far bigger and more powerful could create the Universe then it is equally possible that they can view the whole Universe and could be older than it is. It might not be the same God as the creator, but it is possible and again we can not prove either way.
Almost all religions are based on the first two existing in some form or other. But then you have....
3) The God of organised religion. This is a God (or Gods) who give your life purpose, who say what you can eat, what you can drink, what you can wear, if you should have a beard or not, what you do on certain days of the week, who you should marry, who you should love, who you should kill. A god that takes a daily interest in your specific life, a god that can view the whole Universe but watches to see how you behave as a person. In some religions this God has a real vanity issue. You might be the kindest, gentlest most generous person who ever lived and be a shining example of all the qualities the religion holds true, but if you don't believe in the God or worship in the right way at the right time then it is eternal damnation for you. This is a god who controls everything and a god who's teaching is often in conflict with what we can see for ourselves through scientific observation.
Gods 1 and 2 do not have to mean anything about any of the gods in 3. If god 2 existed, it is entirely possible they look at earth and think 'what the hell are you doing'?
Personally I think however the Universe happened, it is so mind blowingly amazing that I personally will never understand it. Either a new branch of physics or a god, who knows but when you think about it, either the universe has always been or it came from nothing. Both are amazingly complex concepts that I doubt any human currently alive can get their heads around it. If that is a God, well so be it, it actually makes little difference.
I don't care if god 2 exists or not, if they did then I'm like an amoeba amongst many to them.
God 3 - Is the one most people argue about when they say God. Such religion is not for me.
You make a few good points in there but I'd say be careful with using the phrase "EQUALLY possible". While some of those things are ALSO possible, they're not necessarily "equally" possible.
Also, I'd differentiate between "god the creator" and "just a creator who isn't a god".