I'm comfortable with the idea that God exists, created by whoever believes in that god. God is created by people.
At one point in my life, I started to doubt that Santa was a real thing. It occurred to me that I might as well go along with the idea, as not, if there were presents in it.
There is clearly a tension between an omniscient God and humans taking responsibility for their actions. If God could already know the outcome, what about my free will?
A teacher who had a lot of influence on my taught us both classics and RE ( Religious Education). In classics, she would encourage us to look at how the descriptions of Gods illustrated very human traits. We learned about ourselves by reading the stories. As for the role of women ...
Next lesson, it's RE class and what is written is to be taken as 'gospel'. Even the part when Adam (first man) is asked why he did wrong and he says ... wait fir it .. it was her, the woman made me do it.
Well, if that doesn't sound familiar ..
It's fair enough for anyone to use religion for comfort. My mother certainly found it a comfort throughout her life. She showed a very happy, content face to the world. She had not had an easy life but I didn't even notice because she was always very content with her lot.
Using that 'story' to control someone else is a step too far for me. Lots of people and organisations using religion to control others.
And also ... working out the right way to treat other people decently is perfectly possible without an organisation religion. In fact, working it out for yourself is better than just following someone else's rules.
Gosh, that was a bit long, wasn't it.