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Annie13You are not quoting your source correctly.
Read this excerpt:
Primitive man found himself in a dangerous and hostile world, the fear of wild animals, of not being able to find enough food, of injury or disease, and of natural phenomena like thunder, lightning and volcanoes was constantly with him. Finding no security, he created the idea of gods in order to give him comfort in good times, courage in times of danger and consolation when things went wrong. To this day, you will notice that people become more religious at times of crises, you will hear them say that the belief in a god or gods gives them the strength they need to deal with life. You will hear them explain that they believe in a particular god because they prayed in time of need and their prayer was answered. All this seems to support the Buddha’s teaching that the god-idea is a response to fear and frustration. The Buddha taught us to try to understand our fears, to lessen our desires and to calmly and courageously accept the things we cannot change. He replaced fear, not with irrational belief but with rational understanding.
Do you read anything from Gautama against a fearsome God?
On the contrary he taught mankind to be calm and reasonable in facing the fearful forces of nature, (and implicitly trust the gods).
FragileHeart · 22-25, M
"No, we do not. There are several reasons for this. The Buddha, like modern sociologists and psychologists, believed that religious ideas and especially the god idea have their origin in fear. The Buddha says":
"Gripped by fear men go to the sacred mountains,
sacred groves, sacred trees and shrines".
https://www.buddhanet.net/ans73.htm
