To a friend:
People wrote the bible. Therefore, God is a human creation because humans wrote about it. God did not write about himself, and genesis was definitely written by people making it questionable even if you do believe that God inspired the people to write it because they had to interpret God's meaning to write it, and they could have misconstrued what God originally meant.

To Chuck:
I went to catholic school for 8 years of my life and I was extremely religious. (I wanted to be a nun at one point) Then I realized that every question I asked there were many conflicting answers to. (such as how do you get into heaven) I didn't like this and it led me to start questioning my faith. I realized that I only believed in God because I was told that he was real. (much like santa clause) After a lot of thinking, I eventually decided that God was used to explain things before science could. God provided a way for people to control others and he provided an explanation for why people had to suffer. God is a comfort and it makes people feel better to think that they will have everlasting life with the people that they love. I think that God is an entirely human creation to explain the unexplainable. Your beliefs are something you have to decide but I went through what you are going through and the above is what I decided.