God... Truth or fiction?

I believe that God is an illusion. If people spent less time on beliefs, rituals, religions, and religious wars, we would have advanced much further in technology. The saddest thing is that people cannot live without gods. There will always be religion. People need to feel that someone powerful is watching over them, someone who won't abandon them in trouble. As one of the thinkers said, something like, "People need gods, otherwise they will go mad when they realize they are alone in the Universe"... that's how it is. Many people pray simply for comfort. And this is where the belief in an illusory something comes from.