Religion and GOD - Part 1

My mind is really confused on this "concept" of "GOD". It(mind) has been baffled by religion, its meaning and its impact on itself. Do people blindly believe because everyone else does or is there something more beyond what we see. Let me take you on a journey to unravel or atleast get an understanding on this phenomenon of GOD.
Let us begin with the origin of religion. Then maybe we can get a clearer picture as to where it might have emerged from. Its a pretty big task mind you and me being a beginner would have plenty of problems going ahead. But anyway nothing can be got without trying.

Let us start with the more "recent" religions. Guess we should do so because the sources could be more trustworthy.
Buddhism:
Buddha was born in the 6th century B.C as Gautama Buddha, who was actually of a warrior class but had renounced all his material pleasures in the search for truth. And it his through his quest that he developed the basic principles of living.
I think it best to forget the particular forms of buddhisms as the council had been divided because of conflicting views of the traditionals and the liberalists.So we shall stick to the Buddhist wisdom.
1. Life is suffering;
2. Suffering is due to attachment;
3. Attachment can be overcome;
4. There is a path for accomplishing this.

We live in a world that is impermanent and imperfect. Moreover, nothing can exist separately.i.e. just by itself. This leads to traits like greed and an effort to trying and hold things ignoring the fact that everything is impermanent.The idea of overcoming attachment will defintely remove suffering according to me as we would not really worry of anything. But not worrying at all of anything is something I have not really experienced or seen anywhere till date. But buddhism also tells us that there are ways to overcome attachments.Let us have a look into what Buddhism suggests:

The Eightfold Path
1. Right view is the true understanding of the four noble truths.
2. Right aspiration is the true desire to free oneself from attachment, ignorance, and hatefulness.
These two are referred to as prajña, or wisdom.

3. Right speech involves abstaining from lying, gossiping, or hurtful talk.
4. Right action involves abstaining from hurtful behaviors, such as killing, stealing, and careless sex.
5. Right livelihood means making your living in such a way as to avoid dishonesty and hurting others, including animals.
These three are refered to as shila, or morality.

6. Right effort is a matter of exerting oneself in regards to the content of one's mind: Bad qualities should be abandoned and prevented from arising again; Good qualities should be enacted and nurtured.
7. Right mindfulness is the focusing of one's attention on one's body, feelings, thoughts, and consciousness in such a way as to overcome craving, hatred, and ignorance.
8. Right concentration is meditating in such a way as to progressively realize a true understanding of imperfection, impermanence, and non-separateness.
The last three are known as samadhi, or meditation.

It includes aspects of morality,meditation and wisdom. This is a something defintely worth pondering about. Your sincere views and comments would be highly appreciated in this regard.