Religion and God

Can any one explain who is god? Many will be having an answer to this question. My second question, Can any one explain the definition of religion?? Here the number would be even more, who are ready to attack me with their own arguments. I may be or may not be satisfied with the answers. Now let me know how many answer this and satisfy me, the concept of religion and god… People in the name of religion form their own set of rules and regulations and adhere to it, and in the name of god make the mankind follow it rigidly. This is how it has been since ages. I may sound sensible to none, non sense to few but offensive to many. In the name of religion we fight with our own brothers. In the name of rituals we shower atrocities on our own people. In the name of caste, we behave brutally with the poor souls. Is this the religion we follow? In the name of god we spend hundreds and thousands rupees in temples, thinking we would straight land in heaven after our death. Is this the temple we go to worship?? Why do we have idols in different forms with different names?? Is it to stand in front of the idol and say our problems, ask for the things we want???? An emphatic no to all the questions. Let’s get into the depth of the argument. What is god???? A powerful external force that’s responsible for each and every happening in this universe from birth to death. Be it good or bad. I hope everybody will accept this explanation of god, to which ever religion they belong to. We accept this definition with out knowing the inner meaning. According to me the external force that is acting on this universe is love, purity, faith, truth, honesty, dedication and peace. For me any thing in its purest form is godly, any work done with at most sincerity and dedication is religion, any peaceful place is my temple last but not the least, any person with a good heart is a god. We don’t need to follow any religion to love people, we don’t need to follow any ritual to help the needy, and we don’t need to spend money in temples to earn punya, rather give away the money to those who are in need. Idols are there in the temple to make us believe that he is only in the temple, rather keep god in your heart in which ever form and name you want to and believe in the fact that he is present in every thing which we can see, touch, and feel. Every where we go, every work we do and every person we meet. These views are my religions that I follow and this is god for me.