My Thoughts on the Idea of GOD..(off of my Facebook)

God is an idea. An idea that is incredibly outdated. This notion of an all mighty creator disappeared with the discovery of chemistry, math, biology and even with the simple discovery that proved that the Earth was in fact not flat and that it was not the center of the universe. God was the answer to question we had no answer to. Try to convince anyone now that the sun is being pulled across the sky by a sun god, or that Poseidon is responsible for all the waves in the ocean. You cant, because science answered those questions and we no longer need a reason. Where will we be in a thousand years? What would people say or think when science explains the creation of life, or discovers a way to sustain life indefinitely? Im not saying we as humans know it all, in fact I believe we know nothing and have just explored the tip of the iceberg that is knowldege.
Apart from "God" being an idea that puts to rest that fear of the unknown, its also an excuse to judge, control and even punish populations. Religions have always fought to prove that their god is the true god, and any opposition or difference in believe will not be tolerated. People have died and killed for this all loving being. Christians paint god as this "fatherly" figure, but what father would let his children suffer with starvation, wars, and diseases? Any kind of father, in modern society, who would put their children in any danger is almost automatically punished and regarded as scum. So what makes this father different? Why do most Republicans call themselves true Christians and still want to abolish any kind of socialism? Didnt Jesus teach to give to the needy and not "let the needy fend for themselves if it means more taxes"?
There is an answer, or at least its what I believe. The answer is HUMANS. We created God, God is what we are in our most desperate times. We couldnt figure out things around us, and it scared us, so we figured out one thing to explain everything, a super answer. Why do we die? Its Gods will. Where do we go when we die? Heaven. Why are we here? God has a plan for us....
In all honesty, we just dont know, but we dont like admitting we dont know and accept any answer that sounds reassuring.
When someone says, "Thank you God, for blessing me with this job, or blessing me with the ability to finish school, quitting a vice, or for giving me the strenght to fight an illness", think about who they should be thanking.. Who worked their ass off at school, or at a job, or woke up every morning and comitted to the chemo therapy that saved their life? Not God, thats for sure. It was a human. It was themselves.
We humans have great abilities. Weve built empires, discovered other worlds, fought off countless diseases. We humans, created a God when we needed him, why cant we just let this creation go now that its just a handicap? Im willing to put my life on a different idea. The idea of Man. The idea that Man will bring unity, and peace and knowledge. Maybe not soon, maybe not even in any of our lifetimes but in time. I guess I dont believe in a god because I believe in us.