God In 2010

What or who is god in 2010? As a person who is not religious I do not seek out god for problems I have or thank him for good things that happen to me, but if there is a god and he did create the earth I respect him deeply, and if I could, I would tell him he did a pretty good job.
           But what purpose does god have in a society that is slowly finding out how we were created or what our past looked like through science, and soon possibly we may find out all the secrets of the world and how we came to be? For the time being I believe god still holds a purpose, for people who could not bear the thought that people  are alone in the universe god provide a much needed pillar in which to lean and feel stable. For people who need to have a purpose in life god helps them too, what could be more worth while than serving a higher cause or being who at the end of your life will welcome you to paradise with open arms, or for that matter greet you with open arms and 72 virgins. It serves society a higher cause as well, if society had a bunch of people who were killing each other and robbing, and doing other crimes to others we would have a very serious problem, but in most religions, god says that doing all those crazy acts is bad and he will not greet you at the gates to paradise.
       So what is god? God is a way to make it from day to day, continue a family tradition, a higher being to please. He is our way of making life meaningful and letting the wonder of the world be explained if not through reason, through intelligent design.