Is the Universe God?

A common explanation given by religious people for their faith is the transcendent feeling they get when looking at a beautiful landscape, observing the stars or meditating on their own conscious experience.

But why infer a god? The explanation is right there! It is the universe that gives you that transcendent feeling.

In a sense, maybe the universe is God.

What are the universally agreed attributes of God?

The creator of the universe and life? The universe created itself as well as life.

Timeless and infinite? The universe contains all that there is and can be, it spans all of time.

Omnipresent? The universe is everywhere at once.

Mysterious? The universe spans far beyond what is theoretically observable.

Incomprehensibility? The universe is not, and likely cannot be, understood.

Oneness? That’s why it’s called the universe and not the multiverse.

Simplicity? The universe is everything at once, not the sum of its parts.

Impeccability? The universe cannot sin and all moral codes in some way relate to the universe.

Providence? The universe directly impacts upon the world and humanity.

Omnipotence? Since the universe is everything, it is all manifestations of power.

Transcendence? The universe created all laws of physics and so needn’t be bound by them.

Veracity? Everything the universe is, is everything that’s true.

If a transcendent feeling comes from an observation and contemplation of the universe, there is no need to look beyond the universe for an explanation.

This is an application of Occam's Razor: Among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected