"God is the universe" is as much a reality as it is scientific, or it is ... comedy.
God Created cars because he / she was tired of riding that smelly old horse.
Well, in the sense that all things are creations of the universe, it is true, it is not true, and it is funny all at the same time.
God even Created Tony Kehoe because he/she needed to be entertained as much as enlightened in a unique creation within humanity.
Get over being anti-atheist, or atheist because you are missing the point.
What is the point?
Whatever exists in your environment, your universe is where you must base all truth After you have learned that reality, then you can entertain yourself with theorys and postulations. This is the biggest problem I have with the religious proponents in that they postulate and theorize with leaps of faith rather than by the observations within their environment.
Humanity can not change nature from the standpoint of influencing mother nature to bend to their will, but we can induce conditions to be more favorable, such as growing plants, or even shelters for our survival that will be favorable to humanity.
Maybe this is the center of all the controversy? Humanity thinks they can influence all things? Is that the problem?
Hmmmmmmmm
Comedy, and reality .... comedy and reality.