That's why I don't focus on God when asking for help and sh+t. I hardly ever even pray anymore for anything—really. The problem with religion is that we are taught to depend on a god and that "everything will be okay because god planned it/will help you" kind-of-bullshit and not BE independent ourselves. It's like hoping without taking action. I cringe whenever priests tell us to depend on their god or any sort of religious person they talk about as this teaches us to be dependable to a questionably and debatable existence of an entity. I'd rather (imo) humans become athiests in general as I've observed that they get the work done and don't talk about being dependable to a deity/entity/religious figure and whatnot.
Perhaps you should read Freud's take on people's perception and need for a loving fatherly god. He posited that religion and god, for many, serves as an imaginary friend for adults.
Growing up, we have the security of our parents and family. But as adults, people desire that same security and guidance in a harsh world full of responsibility. They seek it through religion and philosophy and use it as a medium as to rationalize, similar to how a child does an imaginary friend.
Simply put, he posited that god serves as an imaginary friend, father figure, and security blanket of sorts.
