Y! what can I say.
Gods, invented by men, every one of them are controlling devices, IMO.
I basically agree with you words stone rainbows all became God.
WHY well to save us from fear, keep us from doing wrong, including disobeying the rich fat priests of whatever GOD was in fashion.
IF Governments knew/know no GOD exists, will/would they tell us?
NO IMO,because belief controls us,some refrain from doing things in fear of judgment.
Most would not do wrong, we IMO are ready to find new fences for our way of life and culture.
And would benefit for a new re written GOD, TO UNITE NOT TENS OF THEM DIVIDING US.
ps Gs know, EVOLUTION says they know, sshh do not wake the Gods up.

Dear Belly,

Gs know nothing about God, they are just a bunch of hyenas come to suck our blood. So evil they are that they even corrupt religion to suit their greed. They certainly have no moral reservations and no fear of God.

When people invented gods, kings (and by extension, today's governments) wanted them for themselves, they could not stand someone or something else having more power over people then themselves. So kings had 3 options:

1) Kill the people who obey their gods instead of themselves ; or
2) Forbid worshipping gods other than themselves, closing down religious schools and sending soldiers to confiscate any gods they can find (remember, in those days gods were made of wood, stone, etc.) ; or
3) Corrupt religion, bribe the priests, make them financially dependent on the king/state so they preach a domesticated version of their gods, one that keeps the king on top.

Today, in the so-called "modern" world, option #3 is the most prevalent (except in communist countries).

<<IF Governments knew/know no GOD exists, will/would they tell us?>>

That depends: if they had gods under their control, then they wouldn't, but if there were (in people's minds) gods on the loose which they could not control, then they would.

<<Gods, invented by men, every one of them are controlling devices, IMO.>>

There were others, but those became extinct: those which the kings could not tame and turn into controlling devices, they destroyed.

<<And would benefit for a new re written GOD, TO UNITE NOT TENS OF THEM DIVIDING US.>>

The Gs are just waiting around the corner to capture that one as well, then they will attain the big prize, they will be controlling not just a faction, but all people at once.

Fortunately, no government can ever destroy God because He doesn't exist. Also, as there is nothing but God, since nothing can be conceived outside of God, including those Gs, their attempting to destroy God would only result in them destroying themselves!

Y you inhabit a very black world, happily it does not exist.
Those parts of it that do, my mobs greed in NSW and for power in the other place, feed on our apathy.
We no one else can change that.
But in truth we skim the surface of any/every issue see only the part we want to,then blame them for it.
The sin you give to them is better shared by us all.
Look truly look, at the miss informed rantings of SOME here and see, they think they are informed.