Mythology II

For me the whole religion/god thing is an all or nothing deal.
I mean either everyone's god(s) exist or no one's god(s) exist.
A few basic premises (from my point of view):
First: the gods did not create us in their images. We create the gods in OUR image. Well, most of them anyhow.
Second: Gods have a life span (as do religions - but that's another thing altogether for another time). Look back through time. Take the caveman (or cave woman) sitting in the dark painting images of animals on the walls. I think the gods that are worshiped are born as simple things: woolly mammoths, wolves, clouds that create storms. They then begin to mature into animal-human hybrids (more animal than human), then they further evolve into human-animal hybrids (more human than animal). The next step is that they become entirely human (in form) and/or super-human (in size and abilities). The next step may be where we are right now: many of the old gods have been rolled up into one (or three) [at least in the Judeo-Christian-Muslim pantheons].
Third: I believe that the next evolution of gods is science. Scientists talk of finding a "god particle" and of over-arching theories that describe the universe (or multiverse) and its (their) internal workings. What difference is there between that and primitive man huddling in a cave trying to explain the thunder and lightning of the storm outside. I truly believe that religion and science will become one in the search for the creator(s); that string theory and tachyons and particle physics and quantum theory are the new gospels of an ever evolving religion.
Nuff said for now, methinks.