Acacian: I understand completely what you mean when you talk about what we are approaching when we talk about God.

For me, I don't see God as the wisdom or love of the universe, but rather, all of the laws of physics and reality. For me, based on my experiences with psychedelics, the 'thing' (for want of a better term) we perceive as God is basically the architecture of the universe, and that architecture is so unbelievably vast and complicated that our human minds can never quite get there.

Is it intelligent? I'm guessing probably not, at least, not in the same way that we human beings are, but when I perceive it, I do feel love. To me, this makes sense: the laws of the universe are shockingly fine-tuned to facilitate our survival and evolution, and so it makes sense that I perceive that as acceptance: a feeling that I belong in the universe.

That's just me, and what religion looks like to a math/physics geek.