Now about Buddhism,

Buddha never said he is the messenger of the god and if you don’t follow him you will go to hell. He also said don’t worship his idol but follow his teaching if you want peace and Nirvana. But look at Buddhist instead of following his teaching they worship his idol and there is tantric Buddhism too which is not Buddhism at all.
So Buddhism has taken totally different way than what Buddha thought (as in other religion)


About Hinduism

Many literatures are available in Hinduism so it will take lots of discussion to come to conclusion but I will try to summarise.

One thing very clearly stated in Hinduism is that God can not make you immortal so god is not omnipotent

What happened to Mahadev who lived in Himalayas , Hinduism does not record the death of Mahadev but these days we can't see him. He must be dead then.

And regarding 33 cror Devta, that concept is totally misunderstood I will try to elaborate this somewhere else later). So what happened to those Devta ? All dead no?

The fight between Devta and Danab happened on Earth, In some cases Devta were about to lose war, with the help of Mahadev /Bisnu/Durga they won war. This happened in Satyaug. What happened to the King of devta, the Indra ? Where is he now a days Hinduism does not record the death of Indra nor his ascension to heaven. He is dead too.

If Satyaug was the best, no crime, no nothing then why could not it continued forever?
Read the books you will find many wars which were fought in Satyayug , If it was the best then why war?

Satyayug collapsed and so did the Devtas of Satyaug. I don’t have to elaborate on the legends of Dwaper and Treta yug. Their death is well recorded in books. Again same question If dwaper and Treta yugs were better than why they collapsed?

All these books indicated those who lived have to die. There is no immortality and god can not make you immortal. But looking at the pace at which artificial organs are being developed in 100 yrs time science will be able to make humans immortal by replacing defect organs and keeping intact the memory and conscience. According to Hinduism you are your conscience so if your conscience is kept intact it does not matter whatever organs you have, you will be the same person. My gestimate is in 100 yrs time scientists will be able to do that.

Why God need to create life? If it was his design then why only on earth in our solar system? And not even simple life on other planets?

Scientists have predicted that, there is no life in next closest solar system

Non existence of life in many planets around us and in many other solar system indicates that life on earth was mere an accidental action of natural forces (Physics /Chemistry /Mathematics). Accidents are rare, and existenance of life also seems to be rare.


If we read the human history, Human started to ponder about god from the dawn of the civilization say approximately 5000 years ago.

The concept of the god mainly based on
Where we came from?
Who created us?
Who created our surroundings?

As the civilization grew, society used the concept of god to manage the society
like using it as carrot and stick principle

If you don’t do good (good as in the norms of society at that time) you will be punished, god will send you to hell after you die.

If you do good you will in heaven where everything is available for you (this indicate that the "everything" was not easily available in ancient time)
So humans created a powerful entity to rule the unruly.

Now, back to your concept: accepting the Universe as a god
Yes you can accept Universe as a god, or the Singularity which existed before the universe as god unless and until you belief does not go against the present day law and norms. If your belief does not harm others then you can believe what you want to believe.
But accepting Universe as a god you have to understand that
1. Your prayer (if you are planning to do one) will not be listened ( unless you bestowed listening power to the universe)
2. You will not saved from unfortunate events ( Unless you illusion yourself about this power of the universe)
3. You will not be immortal ( Unless you bestowed this power to the Universe)
4. It will not take you to heaven ( Unless you bestowed this power to the Universe)

But why you need a god which can not do anything as expected from the conventional god to you? Just as an imaginary friend?
It’s like kids holding Teddy (or something similar) even during the sleep. Teddy wont be able to do anything for the kids but if you take teddy away  they cry. This one way love of kids for Teddy is amazing.
May be you needed something to hang on