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The God I "concocted" was one I thought was commonly believed in.
Which is why you are unable to tell me on what you base the rules, attributes, or choices concerning your God of the OP. The OP God has no substance. You've put together bits and pieces, but no understanding or premise behind your generic God.
If your God truly created the universe as you claim then that would only mean that your God existed in the past. Great, but what has this God of the OP done today?
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As far as the origin of the universe, the choices I presented were not "concocted." These are the only 2 choices.
According to who?
IMO, early humans based their idea of God(s) on very visual elements. The sun, moon, stars, visual planets, weather, natural disasters, etc. From that standpoint, the Gods of the ancients still exist and are pretty much doing the same thing they did back then.
As mankind's knowledge increased, God(s) evolved or disappeared.
The case against your God of the OP existing is that you have nothing to show that it ever existed or that anyone ever believed or believes in such a God. (religous text, rituals, tradition, etc.) All we have is what you say.
"Peshat is what I say and derash is what you say." --Nehama Leibowitz