Jason is correct. Alas, Bill still isn't. There may have been a time when this species needed a God. That day is long since passed. Man invented God to makes sense of things that were yet unknown. All mythologies are folly and irrelevant to modern humans. The old traditions will take awhile to evaporate. We can only hope that religion disappears before holy wars end our species. The concept of a God was spoken of in ancient times. This is an excellent quote that people considering a God should resolve rationally, and intellectually.
"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?
- Epicurus