It seems clear to me, given years of reading and research, that the concept of God is largely the human personification of Nature (or the Universe). I can give hundreds of examples how this evolved. So, in a sense, the idea that there is something larger than us (namely the Universe), should not be ruled out. One can even stretch an argument that the Universe possesses many of the qualities of life (self reproducing, changing, causing events to occur, etc) but obviously not in any human like form. This is close to Pantheism but not quite the same. I can certainly elaborate if anyone is interested.