My Thoughts on the "Higher Power"

For millions of years and as far as history books will tell, there has always been a "higher" power. The debate comes in when one asks themselves; who and what is the higher power, if there even is such a thing. Many will tell you that it is the All-Mighty God while others preach to Allah, or even multiple Gods. So the question stands; who is right in this internal struggle of faith and religion, and how can we know? For many the answer "lies in our hearts", but for others, such as myself, religion and faith has always been hard because we don't just feel things we have to understand. If one actually sits down to read religious books such as the Bible or the Quran, you would expect to find passages of peace and love. Assuming that you would be quite surprised to find out that in many cases, religion, that is supposed to guide our life, often promotes violence and things that are illegal in many places. So my question is; what exactly is the point of religion? Especially today with the expanding technology and actual scientific evidence that is starting the come together about how the whole world came to be and how the human race began, it is sometimes hard to believe the theories of Adam and Eve and so on. I think that a lot of people still hold onto religion because they are afraid. People are afraid to question what they have been taught by their elders, and question why so many people are listening to books that are so out of date. Religion first came to be because humans could not take the unknown, they didn't like how they couldn't know why they existed, and so to satisfy their needs for knowledge, they began the idea of religion. Because I'm sure all of you know that religion is an idea right? There is no evidence of there being a God except through "spiritual awakenings" and what not. I mean somewhere along the line there was someone that was like "Hey, I wonder how the world was made? Maybe there's a big man up in the sky that made it in seven days." People heard his theory and decided with their lack of knowledge at the time, and ignorant compared to the minds of people today, and thought that it was a great idea! I mean in actuality it was quite more complex to create an idea and gain such a following, but nonetheless. Another point people always say is "We need religion to be good people". No, no, no, we need our morals and our mind to know whats right and wrong, not an ancient book that's filled with violence, as I stated before. So what exactly is the point I'm trying to make? People need to open their eyes! Nobody knows exactly how the world came to be. Could there be a God? Yes. Could there be no God? Yes. We don't know either way, and if you want to believe something all of your life that may not even be true, go ahead and waste that time. Maybe people just need to be more open and think "Eh there could be a heaven, or life could just end."