"God made man, man made religion and religion made God." Where did God come from though? It's been said that one day a hominid was out walking and running from the lions and tigers and bears oh my that were trying to munch on him. He started pondering about Mrs Cavedweller, the land, the food it had for him to hunt, the cave, fire.... All of those things were put there for his survival, who did it? Perhaps he was the Stoned Ape from the theory, apparently they didn't have the same restrictions on food and getting high on magic mushrooms might have been a regular part of their diet.

The wrath of God is a good control mechanism, thinking that someone is watching over us in time of need and having an immortal Soul are huge comforts.