But in the end they are the same. The only difference is the philosopher claiming to had the ideas or put a puppet God and start a ventriloquism show.
The problem is, in religion, we are talking about philosophers with severe mental issues, Muhammad for an instance, if alive today, would be medicated or interned for schizophrenia, making the world to look crazy.
Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism are good examples of people united around philosophy.
Just for the fun on how ridiculous the Jew-based theists are, they believe in this "Almighty" God:
Judges 1:19
Now the LORD was with Judah, and they took possession of the hill country; but they could not drive out the inhabitants of the valley because they had iron chariots.
Oh boy! It looks like iron works as kryptonite for God!
The people of that ancient Israel time all died. Few people ever had such devotion for the Lord that they did not die.
The Lord was with Judah. Possessing the hill country was reasonably easy. The fight against the valley was a test to see if Judah was willing to be with the Lord.
You should take note of this. Judah was given the hill country by the Lord because the Lord favored them. But the thing He wanted from them was their hearts... true devotion. They didn't give it. They didn't totally deny Him, but they didn't give the devotion the Lord was looking for, so they didn't get the valley.
Note Judges 2:1-5.
The angel of the LORD went up from Gilgal to Bokim and said, “I brought you up out of Egypt and led you into the land that I swore to give to your forefathers. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you, and you shall not make a covenant with the people of this land, but you shall break down their altars.’ Yet you have disobeyed me. Why have you done this? Now therefore I tell you that I will not drive them out before you; they will be [thorns] in your sides and their gods will be a snare to you.”
When the angel of the LORD had spoken these things to all the Israelites, the people wept aloud, and they called that place Bokim. There they offered sacrifices to the LORD.
Note in the above verses that the people partially repented. Of course, their hearts were still not quite right. Part of their repentance had to do with the fact that they were going to have a harder time driving the nations from the lands they were to receive as an inheritance. Their repentance still didn't have as much to do with a desire to please the Lord as it should have.
Now, as for you. When you attempt to poke fun of the Lord, consider what He did to both the nations of Canaan, and disobedient Israel, and be afraid. He is not a God of no power. Be scared.
