On God - first post

I had certain misgivings about writing on this particular topic for sure, for I'm no religious person in the eyes of the world, and am little acquainted with religious texts and doctrines as it is. But then, I thoroughly believe that religion in itself has very little to do with God. Religion basically consists of certain dictates that allow man to coexist with society and the creation as a whole. God is merely an auxiliary concept, in order to justify those dictates, nothing more. But when one recognizes the mere triviality of one's self in comparison to the entire universe, one's head invariably bows down with reverence and fear of an unknown omnipotent.
Now I tend to go with Einstein's concept of a personal God. Unto each man is his own God. One can never really say for sure whether God exists or not, so what can be better than create in your own mind the most reverenced image of Him that you can think of, for is it not true as well that unto each man is his own code of morality? He may not be the all-powerful providence presiding over everything on heaven and earth, and sparing none on His Day of Judgment. For some he may be a down-to-earth day to day kinda guy, who makes the most of his life and what he has, for others it may be the love of their life, and so forth.
We are all autonomous creatures. We have complete control on everything we do. Is it too conceited on our part to think of it this way, viz the fact that we exist makes the world around us exist, for there really is no world beyond that we may perceive. If we take up the newspaper one fine morning and find out that there's an Ebola outbreak in Zaire, it is to us merely an an article in a newspaper, nothing more. And it is not an illusion, this, it really does not exist beyond print until and unless it spreads over to our neighbourhood, or we make up our mind to travel to Zaire then and there. One may tell me that I have no heart, and I am too selfish to think beyond my own narrow walls, but dear friends, such is the unimpeachable truth. Similarly, all that we see look the way they do simply because we see them that way, and it has nothing to do with the things themselves. Therefore for the colourblind, there may be only one shade of red, although for others they may be by the hundreds. It is not true that somethings wrong with him, it is merely that in his world only one shade of red exists. And the blind are blind because they have decided a world for themselves where seeing is undefined, or differently defined. Hence it is we ourselves who give shape to the world around us. Therefore are we not the creators of the world, are we not Gods ourselves?
You may ask me what my God is like. Well what with the newfound liberty in this matter, I may finally have my say. I, too, as most others believe in the omnipotence of God. It is the traditional concept of omnipotence that I have a problem with. God is truly the Almighty, and no one stands above him. Hence there is no point whatsoever in asking His forgiveness for follies committed by us on Earth. In fact such a line of thought is irreverent, for to ask forgiveness of one who is in total control of everything is equivalent to blaming him for the deed, because it could not possibly be done without his consent. Therefore the only way we may address Him is in prayer, and our pleas should be such that no hopes of their being acknowledged are ever entertained, for it diminishes their worth as a prayer, and makes it seem more like a dictate unto Him, which is absurd to say the least.
But then, my God does not judge people. Nothing we may ever do is wrong in His eyes for all that we do are mere reflections of His own self. The moments in which we may get a glimpse, a brief trailer of his dazzling splendour is when we see something really, really beautiful, something that makes us very happy. Indeed, it is simply those moments that we live for, and is it not God that makes us live?
Yours sincerely

Jude